Effects of daily inspiratory muscle training on respiratory muscle strength and chest wall regional volumes in haemodialysis patients: a randomised clinical trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Daily interdialytic IMT promoted a change in chest wall regional volumes, with an increase in the inspiratory capacity of the pulmonary rib cage. Both groups had increased inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength with daily respiratory exercise.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: www.ClinicalTrials.gov ; study number: NCT02599987; name of trial registry: IMT in Patients with End-stage Renal Disease. Implications for rehabilitation Muscular impairment in chronic kidney disease patients results from a series of common alterations, affecting respiratory muscles. Patients with chronic kidney disease have low values of diaphragmatic thickness. The daily inspiratory muscle training (IMT) or breathing exercise over a period of 8 weeks provided increased respiratory muscle strength. The daily inspiratory muscle training presented a change in tri-compartment distribution of lung volume compared to the sham group, with increased inspiratory capacity of the pulmonary rib cage.
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Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - July 27, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Medeiros AIC, Brandão DC, Souza RJP, Fuzari HKB, Barros CESR, Barbosa JBN, Leite JC, Cavalcanti FCB, Dornelas de Andrade A, de Melo Marinho PÉ Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research