Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) in Athletes
- Conditions
- Running Endurance
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Respiratory muscle trainingBehavioral: Sham training
- Registration Number
- NCT00968448
- Lead Sponsor
- Universität des Saarlandes
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine weather well trained athletes benefit from inspiratory (respiratory) muscle training.
- Detailed Description
* Subject: The investigators intend to include 40 well trained runners, 18 years or older.
* Design: Following lung function and exercise testing (incremental treadmill test to exhaustion, 5000m run time trial) participants will be randomly assigned to a verum or a control group. The verum group will train with a hand-held, commercially available pressure threshold loading device (POWERbreathe,UK). The control group will perform a sham-training with the same device. After six to eight weeks the the initial tests will be repeated.
* Hypothesis: Inspiratory muscle training enhances performance on submaximal work loads and in the 5000m run time trial by changes in breathing pattern. Maximum oxygen uptake remains unchanged.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- well trained runners
- previous respiratory muscle training
- cardiovascular diseases
- impaired lung function
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Training Respiratory muscle training respiratory muscle training (pressure threshold loading) sham training Sham training training with low resistance
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method performance in the 500m run time trial 6-8 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method maximum inspiratory pressure 6-8- weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Universität des Saarlands
🇩🇪Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany