ArticleERJ open research2024
Enhanced diaphragm excursion and exercise tolerance in COPD patients through inspiratory muscle training after standardised pulmonary rehabilitation: randomised controlled trial.
Article in ERJ open research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Respiratory Muscle Strength and Mortality in Patients with COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation combined with inspiratory muscle training on lung function and exercise capacity in older patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Patient perspectives on harmonica playing as an intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2026Trial
- Singing as training modality within pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients may enhance diaphragmatic function: a pilot RCT exploring impact on diaphragmatic mobility and thickness.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Trial
- Preoperative inspiratory muscle training preserved diaphragmatic excursion after esophagectomy: a randomized-controlled trial.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2025Trial
- Inspiratory Muscle Training for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Review
- Intra- and Inter-examiner Reliability of Diaphragmatic Ultrasound Parameters in People with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Physical therapy research · 2026Article
- The Glymphatic System and Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Heart Failure: The Importance of Inspiratory Rehabilitation Training.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- Long-Term Efficacy of Novel and Traditional Home-Based, Remote Inspiratory Muscle Training in COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Objective: Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) is used to improve inspiratory muscle strength in patients with COPD. However, the effect of IMT on diaphragmatic function has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of IMT on maximum diaphragmatic excursion (DE Methods: This was a single-centre, randomised, prospective, parallel-group, unblinded controlled trial involving 38 participants with stable COPD. Participants underwent a standardised 12-week pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme followed by a 12-week IMT programme, consisting of home-based IMT and low-frequency outpatient PR sessions supervised by physiotherapists (once every 2 weeks), Results: Out of the 38 patients initially enrolled in the PR programme, 33 successfully completed it and were subsequently randomised to the IMT programme. Finally, 15 (94%) and 14 (88%) patients from the IMT and control groups, respectively, completed the study. Following the IMT programme, DE Conclusions: IMT following the PR programme improved DE
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