Comparison of the amount of air expelled by elderly women before and after respiratory exercises
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- Conditions
- Expiratory Flow Peak, Thoracic Complacency, Respiratory Mechanics, Elderly.E01.370.386.700.475M01.975G09.772.705.700E01.370.386.700.750M01.060.116.100
- Registration Number
- RBR-3xfyhh
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Presidente Antônio Carlos
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Elderly cooperatives; with good cognition; conscious; carriers of heart; metabolic; renal and hepatic diseases; obese; and sedentary women; who answered the Cardiovascular Risk Stratified Questionnaire and who agreed to the Free and Informed Consent Form.
Exclusion Criteria
Age less than 65 and greater than 85 years; with high cognitive deficit; tracheostomized; smokers; patients with respiratory and neurological diseases; chauffeured; bedridden; with dementia and that they exposed any conditions that prevented them to carry out the proposed exercises.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in the respiratory capacity of the elderly, assessed by spirometry examination with a 15% increase in respiratory amplitude. Data collected 1 day before the intervention and 1 day after the intervention.;Improvement in respiratory capacity, assessed by spirometry examination with an increase of more than 20% of the respiratory amplitude.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are not expected.