Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2022
Respiratory muscle endurance training improves exercise performance but does not affect resting blood pressure and sleep in healthy active elderly.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- The effectiveness of functional inspiratory muscle training on exercise capacity and peripheral muscle strength in patients with essential hypertension: a three-arm randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Adapted Physical Activity Protocol Improves Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychological Outcomes in Long COVID: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Stress and Heart in Remodeling Process: Multiple Stressors at the Same Time Kill.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Effects of Different Inspiratory Muscle Training Protocols on Exercise Capacity, Respiratory Muscle Strength, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Hypertension.International journal of clinical practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeAgeing is associated with increased blood pressure (BP), reduced sleep, decreased pulmonary function and exercise capacity. The main purpose of this study was to test whether respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET) improves these parameters.
methodsTwenty-four active normotensive and prehypertensive participants (age: 65.8 years) were randomized and balanced to receive either RMET (N = 12) or placebo (PLA, N = 12). RMET consisted of 30 min of volitional normocapnic hyperpnea at 60% of maximal voluntary ventilation while PLA consisted of 1 inhalation day
resultsCompared to PLA, there was no change in resting BP (independent of initial resting BP), pulmonary function, IT performance, sleep, body composition or balance (all p > 0.05). Performance significantly increased in the incRMET (+ 6.3 min) and the CLT (+ 3.2 min), resulting in significant interaction effects (p < 0.05).
conclusionIn the elderly population, RMET might be used to improve respiratory and whole body endurance performance either as an adjunct to physical exercise training or as a replacement thereof for people not being able to intensively exercise even if no change in BP or sleep may be expected.
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