Clinical trials: Diaphragmatic Breathing
Breathing Exercises
The Effect of Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise on Pain, Anxiety, and Depression
Background: After total knee replacement (TKR) surgery, patients often experience intense levels of pain, stress, and anxiety that can adversely affect postoperative recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT04225169
- Testing
- Breathing exercises
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Çankırı Karatekin University
Respiratory Muscles
Diaphragm Function and Diver Endurance
This project will test the following hypotheses: 1. Training of the inspiratory muscles increases underwater endurance and reduces hypercapnia in divers. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT04679402
- Testing
- Carbon monoxide 200 ppm in air
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Pediatric ALL
Measuring Thickness of the Normal Diaphragm in Children Via Ultrasound.
Critically ill children treated with invasive mechanical ventilation (iMV) in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) may suffer from complications leading to prolonged duration of ventilation and PICU stay.
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Pediatric ALL, Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT04589910
- Testing
- diaphragm thickness and thickening fraction
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Volleyball Players
Diaphragmatic Facilitation and Upper Extremity Performance in Volleyball Players
The diaphragm contributes to both respiration and trunk stabilization. Effective diaphragmatic function may support postural control, force transfer, and upper extremity performance during dynamic activities.
- Trial name
- NCT07784517
- Testing
- Diaphragmatic Facilitation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istinye University
Health, Subjective
Motor Imagery in Healthy Individuals
The research will be the first to examine the relationship between mental fatigue induced by motor imagery and upper extremity performance.
- Trial name
- NCT05236244
- Testing
- İntervention group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University
Diaphragm Mobility, Breathing Exercises
Diaphragm Activity During Incentive Spirometry and Diaphragmatic Breathing
The objective of the present study is to evaluate diaphragm activity during three breathing exercises: diaphragmatic breathing (DB), flow-oriented (Triflo II)incentive spirometry and volume-oriented (Voldyne) incentive…
- Conditions
- Diaphragm Mobility, Breathing Exercises, Incentive Spirometry, Diaphragmatic Breathing
- Trial name
- NCT00997737
- Testing
- DB, VI and FI
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Sirio-Libanes
Healthy Adult Male and Female Volunteers
Diaphragmatic Breathing and Stimulation of the Autonomic Nervous System
Introduction: Slow, deep breathing has demonstrated beneficial effects on the autonomic nervous system, particularly by increasing parasympathetic activity through vagal nerve modulation.
- Trial name
- NCT07445113
- Testing
- Guided breathing at 6 breaths per minute (bpm) with an inspiration (I) to expiration (E), Guided breathing at 6 bpm with apnea (A), Breathing education
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Jaén
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Measurements of Diaphragmatic Mobility on COPD Patients
To determine whether the COPD impairs the diaphragmatic mobility (DM), and verify improvements after an inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).
- Trial name
- NCT02838953
- Testing
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Casa Di Cura Villa Serena SpA
Injury of Diaphragm, Mechanical Ventilation Complication
Using Ultrasound to Study Respiratory Muscle Function in Critically Ill Patients
Mechanical ventilation can be life saving strategy for patients with respiratory failure due to a variety of reasons. Once the underlying illness has resolved, intensive care doctors have to take a decision on when the patient is…
- Conditions
- Injury of Diaphragm, Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT03139695
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
COPD
Analyse the Correlation Between sEMG and EMGdi
The most significant pathophysiology change of COPD patients is persistent incompletely reversible airflow obstruction and increased lung volume. As a result, the work of breathing(WB) and neural respiratory drive (NRD)increased.
- Trial name
- NCT03268616
- Testing
- inspiratory threshold load device and NPPV
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Early Predictors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remains one of the most common complications in extremely preterm infants despite advances in neonatal intensive care.
- Trial name
- EPIRESP (NCT07771387)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Healthy Volunteers
Comparison of the Effect of Different Inspiratory Loads on Diaphragmatic Function in Healthy Individuals
This pilot study aims to evaluate how the diaphragm responds to different inspiratory muscle training loads using ultrasound in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT07143721
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vigo
Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
The Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Diaphragmatic Function in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
In this study, the effect of inspiratory muscle training on diaphragmatic functions will be investigated radiologically in mechanically ventilated patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05303623
- Testing
- Conventional Physiotherapy, Conventional Physiotherapy+ inspiratory muscle training, inspiratory muscle training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Demiroglu Bilim University
Yoga
Ultrasound Imaging of the Diaphragm During Yoga Breathing
INTRODUCTION The practice of yoga in recent years is becoming more common. Originating in India, yoga combines physical postures with a philosophy of life and breathing (pranayama).
- Trial name
- NCT05330026
- Testing
- Diaphragm´s study during yoga breathing
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Obesity
The Influence of Inspiratory Muscular Training (IMT) on Diaphragmatic Mobility in Morbidly Obese
The purpose of this study is whether an inspiratory muscle training protocol would be associated with an improvement in of the diaphragm mobility, an increase in pulmonary function values , gain strength and endurance of…
- Trial name
- NCT01449643
- Testing
- Threshold
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Healthy Persons
Ultrasound Imaging of the Larynx and Diaphragm During NIV and Cough Assist
The study examines if diagnostic ultrasound imaging of larynx and diaphragm can be as accurate as transnasal fiberoptic laryngoscopy in visualizing the larynx during NIV and Mechanically Assisted Cough interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT04586855
- Testing
- Diagnostic Ultrasound, Transnasal Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Diaphragm
Recruitment of the Diaphragm and Sternocleidomastoid Muscle During Loaded Inspiration on Varying Sitting Support in Healthy Adults
This is a cross-sectional obsessional study. This study explores how different sitting conditions affect two important muscles-the diaphragm and the sternocleidomastoid (SCM)-work during breathing exercises.
- Trial name
- NCT07007923
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Perceived Recovery
Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Diaphragm and Ab-dominal Wall Muscle Thickness With Fatty Liver Density in Elderly Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Post-menopausal estrogen decline is considered a contributing factor to sarcopenia, and inspiratory muscle training (IMT) may provide benefits in this demo-graphic.
- Trial name
- IMT AND ELDERL (NCT07168733)
- Testing
- Inspiratory muscle training, Control
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gümüşhane Universıty
Sports Physical Therapy, Athletic Injuries
Acute Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Load on Diaphragmatic Recovery in Athletes
This randomized controlled trial investigates the acute effects of inspiratory muscle warm-up and fatigue on diaphragmatic function in professional basketball players.
- Conditions
- Sports Physical Therapy, Athletic Injuries, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT07046637
- Testing
- Inspiratory muscle fatigue group, Inspiratory muscle warm-up group
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sierra Varona SL
Sleep Deprivation, Healthy Volunteers
Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Diaphragm Command During an Inspiratory Endurance Trial in Healthy Volunteers.
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of sleep deprivation on subjective inspiratory endurance in healthy subjects.
- Conditions
- Sleep Deprivation, Healthy Volunteers, Diaphragm
- Trial name
- NoSleepDiaph (NCT02725190)
- Testing
- Sleepless night, Normal sleep night
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poitiers University Hospital