Immediate and Long-term Effects of an Adaptation of the "Balloon-blowing Exercise"

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Procedure: An adaptation of the "balloon-blowing" exercise; Procedure: An adaptation of the "balloon-blowing" exercise for seven weeks, three times a week, at home

• Registration Number: NCT04737824
• Lead Sponsor: Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto

Brief Summary

Despite the literature evidence that the "balloon-blowing exercise" improves the pulmonary function as a long-term effect, this exercise has not yet been studied or tested experimentally, meaning that there are no specific and measurable results that attest the improvement on thoracoabdominal movement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-30
• Study Start: 2021-02-01
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-04
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-31
• Study Completion: 2021-03-31
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-30
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental group A	An adaptation of the "balloon-blowing" exercise	Participants executed two sets of twelve repetitions of an adaptation of the "balloon-blowing" exercise.
Experimental group B	An adaptation of the "balloon-blowing" exercise for seven weeks, three times a week, at home	Participants executed two sets of twelve repetitions of an adaptation of the "balloon-blowing" exercise for seven weeks, three times a week, at home.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medial-to-lateral movement of the upper rib cage	Seven weeks	Thoracoabdominal movement was measure through "Qualisys motion capture system".
Anterior-to-posterior movement of the lower rib cage	Seven weeks	Thoracoabdominal movement was measure through "Qualisys motion capture system".
Medial-to-lateral movement of the lower rib cage	Seven weeks	Thoracoabdominal movement was measure through "Qualisys motion capture system".
Anterior-to-posterior abdominal movement	Seven weeks	Thoracoabdominal movement was measure through "Qualisys motion capture system".
Anterior-to-posterior movement of the upper rib cage	Seven weeks	Thoracoabdominal movement was measure through "Qualisys motion capture system".

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Escola Superior de Saúde - Instituto Politécnico do Porto; 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal