TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy of bedside respiratory muscle training in patients with stroke
AU - Yoo, Hyun Joon
AU - Pyun, Sung Bom
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (H-JY); and Brain Convergence Research Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (S-BP). All correspondence should be addressed to: Sung-Bom Pyun, MD, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Korea University College of Medicine, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea. This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Korean government (Number 2016R1A2B4009206). Financial disclosure statements have been obtained, and no conflicts of interest have been reported by the authors or by any individuals in control of the content of this article. Supplemental digital content is available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal’s Web site (www.ajpmr.com). Copyright © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN: 0894-9115 DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000933
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Objective Inspiratory and expiratory muscles are important for effective respiratory function. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of bedside respiratory muscle training on pulmonary function and stroke-related disabilities in stroke rehabilitation. Design Patients with stroke (N = 40) in a rehabilitation unit were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n 1 = 20) or the control group (n 2 = 20). Both groups participated in a conventional stroke rehabilitation program. During the study period, the intervention group received bedside respiratory muscle training twice a day for 3 wks. The respiratory muscle training consisted of (1) a breath stacking exercise, (2) inspiratory muscle training, and (3) expiratory muscle training. The primary outcomes were measures of pulmonary function: forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 sec, and peak flow. Secondary outcomes were stroke-related disabilities assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Modified Barthel Index, Berg Balance Scale, Fugl-Meyer Assessment, the Korean Mini-Mental State Examination, and pneumonia incidence. Results Pulmonary function was significantly improved in the intervention group after 3 wks of respiratory muscle training (P < 0.05). This improvement in pulmonary function was independent of the improvement in stroke-related disabilities. Conclusion Three weeks of respiratory muscle training had significant effects on pulmonary function in stroke survivors.
AB - Objective Inspiratory and expiratory muscles are important for effective respiratory function. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of bedside respiratory muscle training on pulmonary function and stroke-related disabilities in stroke rehabilitation. Design Patients with stroke (N = 40) in a rehabilitation unit were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n 1 = 20) or the control group (n 2 = 20). Both groups participated in a conventional stroke rehabilitation program. During the study period, the intervention group received bedside respiratory muscle training twice a day for 3 wks. The respiratory muscle training consisted of (1) a breath stacking exercise, (2) inspiratory muscle training, and (3) expiratory muscle training. The primary outcomes were measures of pulmonary function: forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 sec, and peak flow. Secondary outcomes were stroke-related disabilities assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Modified Barthel Index, Berg Balance Scale, Fugl-Meyer Assessment, the Korean Mini-Mental State Examination, and pneumonia incidence. Results Pulmonary function was significantly improved in the intervention group after 3 wks of respiratory muscle training (P < 0.05). This improvement in pulmonary function was independent of the improvement in stroke-related disabilities. Conclusion Three weeks of respiratory muscle training had significant effects on pulmonary function in stroke survivors.
KW - Breathing Exercises
KW - Pneumonia
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Stroke
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U2 - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000933
DO - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000933
M3 - Article
C2 - 29570467
AN - SCOPUS:85053511814
VL - 97
SP - 691
EP - 697
JO - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
SN - 0894-9115
IS - 10
ER -