Flexibility and Strength Training in Asthma

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The aim of the study is proof of concept and to establish the feasibility of performing a study of resistive flexibility and strength training (RFST) in patients with asthma, with the future goal of designing a larger randomized trial to test the hypothesis that RFST leads to greater improvement in asthma symptoms, pulmonary function tests, range of motion and connective tissue mobility compared with a control conventional physical therapy intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02370004

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

11

Starts

2014-07-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and female patients, age ≥ 18 yrs
• Physician-diagnosed asthma
• Currently taking asthma medications
• Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score >1.25

You may not qualify if…

• Smoking history of ≥10 pack years
• Pregnancy or lactation or subjects planning to get pregnant during the course of the trial
• Major medical problems prohibiting study participation, i.e. presence of chronic or active lung disease other than asthma or history of unstable significant medical illness other than asthma or concurrent medical problems that would place the participant at increased risk as determined by the study physician

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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