CompletedNot Applicable

Exercise Capacity and Fatigue in Heart Failure Patients With and Without Inspiratory Muscle Weakness

Turkey (Türkiye)102 participantsStarted 2010-01-01

Plain-language summary

In patients with heart failure, diaphragm dysfunction contributes to decreased quality of life while simultaneously increasing morbidity and mortality. Inspiratory muscle weakness is observed in 30-50% of patients, with the severity of weakness increasing as the disease progresses. Patients exhibit reduced exercise capacity, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, decreased respiratory function, increased dyspnea, fatigue, and worsened quality of life. However, it is unclear how these parameters will change in patients with inspiratory muscle weakness. Therefore, the study aimed to compare functional exercise capacity, pulmonary function, peripheral muscle strength, dyspnea, fatigue, quality of life and physical activity level in heart failure patients with and without inspiratory muscle weakness and healthy controls

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * HF patients were being aged over18 years * clinically stable at least four weeks * having no change in medications over three months The inclusion criteria for healthy controls were being aged over 18 without a chronic disease Exclusion Criteria: * having unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, uncontrolled hypertension, significant valvular disease, history of malignancy or orthopedic, rheumatologic, neurological, or pulmonary diseases The exclusion criteria for the healthy controls were having any chronic or systemic disease, and having physical limitation

What they're measuring

Functional exercise capacity

Timeframe: First day

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06428227

SponsorGazi University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-01-01