Respiratory muscle training in stroke patients with respiratory muscle weakness, dysphagia, and dysarthria - a prospective randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the efficacy of combined inspiratory and expiratory respiratory muscle training (RMT) with respect to the swallowing function, pulmonary function, functional performance, and dysarthria in patients with stroke.

Design

Prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Tertiary hospital.

Participants

The trial included 21 subjects (12 men, 9 women) aged 35 to 80 years presenting with 6 months history of unilateral stroke, respiratory muscle weakness (≥70% predicted maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and/or ≤70% maximal expiratory pressure (MEP)), dysphagia, or dysarthria. These subjects were randomly assigned to the control (n = 10, rehabilitation) and experimental (n = 11, rehabilitation with RMT) groups.

Intervention

Inspiratory RMT

SUBMITTER: Liaw MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7478702 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature