Inspiratory Muscle Training in Children With Beta Thalasemia

Ahram Canadian University40 enrolled

Overview

respiratory complications are very prevalent in children with beta thalasemia major (BTM), so choosing inspiratory muscle trianing to decrease of prevent it and to improve pulmoanry funntions is important

children patients with BTM accounted 40 children will assigned to a group of inspiratory muscle training or waiting list group. the group will contain twenty children. the group of training will receive two session per day of training by threshold inspiratory muscle trainer ( for six day per week for 12 weeks)

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Beta Thalassemia Major

Interventions

inspiratory muscle trainingBEHAVIORAL

children patients with BTM accounted 20 children will receive two session per day of training by threshold inspiratory muscle trainer ( for six day per week for 12 weeks). the session will contain six sets of inspiratory muscle training and the one set will contain five respiratory cycles

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 YearsMax age: 12 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 40 beta thalassemia major children * boys and girls Exclusion Criteria: * respiratory diseases * cardiac diseases renal diseases liver diseases muscle and joint disease

Locations (1)

Ahram canadian university

Giza, Egypt

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