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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2024/08/071780
CTRI/2024/08/071780
Not yet recruiting
Phase 2

Pilot Interventional Study Assessing the Effect ofInspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST) on Casual Blood PressureAmong Older Adults in Urban Mysore, India - NI

Fogarty International Center - National Institutes of Health (NIH)0 sites0 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
Sponsor
Fogarty International Center - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
Fogarty International Center - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Participants must be 60 years or older, having hypertension, residing in urban Mysore district/Mysore city for six or more months with no plans to shift residence during the next 14 weeks, having a systolic BP level ?140 mm Hg; and able to give informed consent and complete all study procedures including a medical examination, assessment of their respiratory muscle strength, and an interviewer\-administered survey. Hypertension will be diagnosed if, when measured twice on different days, systolic blood pressure on both readings is \=140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure on both readings is \=90 mmHg.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Having a cognitive disability that makes them unable to perform the IMST training; reported history of uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias; circulatory shock; acute ischemic heart disease; acute respiratory failure; neuromuscular disease or myopathies; or diaphragmatic paresis or paralysis, ear problems, hospitalization in the prior past three months, any hospitalization for respiratory illness in the last 6 months, having loose teeth/dentures or other oral health issues, any history of smoking in the last ten years and having any condition that might pose a risk for undergoing study procedures including inspiratory pressure testing.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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