A study of a randomized control trial of the effect of respiratory muscle training on suppressing recurrence of pneumonia in older people
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pneumonia in older people
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000047619
- Lead Sponsor
- Tohoku University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Cancer patients managed within the past 5 years, patients with pacemakers (muscle mass and fat mass cannot be measured), postoperative pneumonia, intubated patients, patients with tracheostomy. Patients that are prone to pneumothorax such as severe interstitial pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, patients whose blood pressure rising is danger such as aortic aneurysm and severe heart failure, patients with severe renal failure (before introduction of dialysis), septic patients, patients with tube feeding, gastric fistula, immunodeficiency patients such as taking immunosuppressive agents or dialysis, patients with multiple fractures of ribs, patients with severe dementia and etc.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoint is the recurrence rate of pneumonia in the intervention and the control group for 1 year after the beginning of the training. We will observe the presence of superiority of the intervention group to the control group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method