Adjunctive Inspiratory Muscle Training During a Rehabilitation Program in Patients With Breast Cancer: An Exploratory Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether inspiratory muscle training (IMT) offered adjunctively to an exercise training program reduces symptoms of dyspnea in survivors of breast cancer.

Design

Double-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Outpatient rehabilitation program in a university hospital.

Participants

Ninety-eight female patients with breast cancer who completed adjuvant treatment and subsequently entered cancer rehabilitation were screened for participation. Inclusion criteria were reduced inspiratory muscle strength and/or symptoms of dyspnea. Twenty patients (N=20) were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n=10) or a control group (n=10).

Intervention

Both groups received a 3-month exercise training program in combination

SUBMITTER: Dahhak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9214315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature