Clinical trials: Diaphragmatic Weakness
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
Verbal Instruction for Contraction Pelvic Floor Muscles Among Males
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of different verbal instruction on pelvic floor muscle contraction among males. Pelvic floor contraction will be measured via ultrasound.
- Trial name
- NCT03507660
- Testing
- verbal instruction
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
What is the Best Verbal Instruction for Contraction the Pelvic Floor Muscles?
The aim of this study is to T to compare the effectiveness of producing a pelvic floor muscle contraction by different verbal instruction.
- Trial name
- NCT03400540
- Testing
- verbal instruction
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
The Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Diaphragmatic Function in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
In this study, the effect of inspiratory muscle training on diaphragmatic functions will be investigated radiologically in mechanically ventilated patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05303623
- Testing
- Conventional Physiotherapy, Conventional Physiotherapy+ inspiratory muscle training, inspiratory muscle training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Demiroglu Bilim University
Aging, Inspiratory Muscle Weakness
Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Diaphragm Muscle Thickness, Fatty Liver Density and Aerobic Capacity in Elderly Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effects of a 4-week inspiratory muscle training (IMT) program on diaphragm muscle thickness, fatty liver density, functional capacity, and quality of life in elderly men…
- Conditions
- Aging, Inspiratory Muscle Weakness, Fatty Liver, Reduced Functional Capacity
- Trial name
- IMT AND ELDERL (NCT07193082)
- Testing
- Experimental Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT Group), Control Group: No inspiratory muscle training.
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gümüşhane Universıty
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course
The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course.
- Trial name
- NCT03917615
- Testing
- pelvic floor contraction
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Diaphragm Paralysis
The Effect of Interscalene Peripheral Nerve Block With 0.25% Bupivacaine vs 0.125% Bupivacaine on Lung Function
Peripheral nerve blocks are used to provide post-operative pain relief. Nerve blocks in the neck, in the interscalene area, provide pain relief after shoulder surgery but can cause temporary weakness or paralysis of the…
- Trial name
- NCT01429584
- Testing
- interscalene nerve block with 0.25% bupivacaine, interscalene block with 0.125% bupivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
COPD With Hyperinflation, Diaphragmatic Weakness
Upright MRI in Lung Disease
The diaphragm is the main muscle assisting breathing. This study aims to assess the use of MRI in patients with diaphragmatic weakness and patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) who have hyperinflation.
- Trial name
- NCT03531775
- Testing
- Upright MRI
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Pediatric ALL
Measuring Thickness of the Normal Diaphragm in Children Via Ultrasound.
Critically ill children treated with invasive mechanical ventilation (iMV) in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) may suffer from complications leading to prolonged duration of ventilation and PICU stay.
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Pediatric ALL, Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT04589910
- Testing
- diaphragm thickness and thickening fraction
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Diaphragm Injury, Muscle Weakness
Electromyography for Diaphragm Effort
Mechanical ventilation may be necessary to save the life of a patient due to an accident, pneumonia or surgery. The ventilator then temporarily takes over the function of the respiratory muscles.
- Conditions
- Diaphragm Injury, Muscle Weakness, Weaning Failure, Physiological Stress
- Trial name
- Edi2Pdi (NCT03580720)
- Testing
- Inspiratory threshold loading protocol
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc