SynthesisBioMed research international2020
Effects of Respiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Function in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: An Updated Meta-analysis.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of different respiratory training methods on respiratory function in patients with spinal cord injury: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Diaphragmatic strengthening exercises for patients with post COVID-19 condition after mild-to-moderate acute COVID-19 infection: a randomized controlled study.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Trial
- Adherence to and impact of home-based high-intensity IMT in people with spinal cord injury: a pilot study.Spinal cord series and cases · 2022Trial
- The Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training in Individuals With Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Breathless Strength: Ultrasonographic Insights into Expiratory Muscle Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Injury.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Rehabilitation to Improve Outcomes after Cervical Spine Surgery: Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Comparison of two inspiratory muscle training protocols in people with spinal cord injury: a secondary analysis.Spinal cord series and cases · 2023Article
- A Secondary Analysis of Short- and Long-Term Variability of Inspiratory Muscle Performance in People Living With SCI.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2023Article
- A preliminary study on the feasibility of community game-based respiratory muscle training for individuals with high cervical spinal cord injury levels: a novel approach.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Appropriate Timing and Type of Physical Training in Patients with COVID-19 for Muscle Health and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2022Review
- Electrical epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord: implications for spinal respiratory neuroplasticity after spinal cord injury.Journal of neurophysiology · 2021Review
- Development and pilot testing of novel game-based respiratory rehabilitation exercise devices for patients with tetraplegia.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the pulmonary function responses to respiratory muscle training (RMT) in individuals with tetraplegia and provide a systematic review of the included studies.
methodsComputerized retrieval of randomized controlled trials (RCT) in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library on the improvement of respiratory function in patients with spinal cord injury by RMT was conducted until May 2019. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted the data, and evaluated the risk of bias in the included studies. Articles were scored for their methodological quality using the Cochrane Collaboration risk of bias assessment tool.
resultsSixteen studies were identified. A significant benefit of RMT was revealed for five outcomes: force vital capacity (FVC, WMD: -0.43, 95% CI -0.84 to -0.03,
conclusionOur findings demonstrate that RMT can effectively improve spinal cord injury pulmonary function of the patient, which is marked by increasing respiratory strength, function, and endurance. Limited by the quantity and quality of the included studies, the above conclusion needs to be verified by more high-quality studies.
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