Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) in Athletes

NCT ID: NCT00968448

Last Updated: 2011-01-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-08-31

Study Completion Date

2011-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine weather well trained athletes benefit from inspiratory (respiratory) muscle training.

Detailed Description

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* 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.

Conditions

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Running Endurance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Training

respiratory muscle training (pressure threshold loading)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Respiratory muscle training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Daily training with a handheld device (Pressure threshold loading). 1x50 breaths with adjustments (gradually increasing levels).

sham training

training with low resistance

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Sham training with same handheld device. 50 breaths daily on the lowest level

Interventions

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Respiratory muscle training

Daily training with a handheld device (Pressure threshold loading). 1x50 breaths with adjustments (gradually increasing levels).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Sham training

Sham training with same handheld device. 50 breaths daily on the lowest level

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* well trained runners

Exclusion Criteria

* previous respiratory muscle training
* cardiovascular diseases
* impaired lung function
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universität des Saarlandes

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Saarland University

Principal Investigators

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Ulf Such, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institute for Sports Medicine and Prevention / Saarland Universitiy

Locations

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Universität des Saarlands

Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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Sportmed-Saarland-8/2009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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