Inspiratory Muscle Training

The Journal of Voice has just published online (17th May 2013), a study that looked at Laryngeal Movements During Inspiratory Muscle Training in Healthy Subjects.

As Inspiratory Muscle Training has been used to treat patients with exercise-induced vocal cord dysfunction, the theory behind this being the close relationship between the diaphragm and the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle, the study aimed to substantiate this theory by performing laryngoscopy in healthy subjects during standardized Inspiratory Muscle Training programs.

Conclusions showed that Inspiratory Muscle Training can produce laryngeal abduction...

The British Journal of Sports Medicine has just published details online (16th May) of a randomised trial that looked at assessing the effects of an 8-week combined ‘whole muscle’ (resistance + aerobic) and inspiratory muscle training on lung volume, inspiratory muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness, and dynamic muscle strength, body composition and quality of life in children with cystic fibrosis.

The trial concluded that the 8-week training programme induced significant benefits in important health phenotypes, and that inspiratory muscle training was an easily applicable intervention...

You can now find on the official POWERbreathe YouTube Channel, videos that tell you all you need to know about POWERbreathe, using the mechanical Plus series for demonstration purposes. For those of you with a K-Series, we will shortly be publishing a series of videos showing how to get the most from your K-Series, and we will of course let you know when the first one is available to view.

Simply go to the POWERbreatheUK YouTube Channel and view the Playlist, POWERbreathe Instructional Videos. There you will find 13 videos to view, including:

POWERbreathe Chapter 3 - Getting started POWERbreathe Chapter 9 - For sports specific training POWERbreathe...

This new research article has just been released by Disability and Rehabilitation – An international, multidisciplinary journal.

Research Article

The influence of inspiratory muscle training on diaphragmatic mobility, pulmonary function and maximum respiratory pressures in morbidly obese individuals: a pilot study

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate whether 12 week inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has any impact on pulmonary function, maximum respiratory pressures and diaphragmatic mobility (DM) in morbidly obese subjects.

Method: Thirty-one morbidly obese individuals were...

Measurement validity of an electronic inspiratory loading device during a loaded breathing task in patients with COPD

This is the first Abstract from the multi-nation (Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada) COPD study, for which they used the POWERbreathe K-Series.

The study has been carried out by highly respected, leading professionals and highlights the quality, accuracy and reliability of the electronic hand-held POWERbreathe K-Series products for use by healthcare providers in daily clinical practice.

Source: Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division, UZ...

Biolaster, our POWERbreathe friend and distributor in Spain have announced details of a study that will try to improve the quality of life and health of 100 children with asthma, using POWERbreathe for 4-weeks.

The study, Super Kids Inspiration has been organised through the Fit Breathe Concept and will begin on World Asthma Day, 3rd May. The study will include functional assessments and a cycle of POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training for 4 weeks, and post-study data in a poster that will be presented at the Second International Symposium on Advances in Sport Science, to be held at the University Pablo de Olavide of...

Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training After Lung Cancer Surgery, a Randomized Controlled Trial 

This study is currently in the process of recruiting participants, and we won’t see the study completed until July 2014, 7 months after the final data has been collected for primary outcome measure.

The Responsible Party is Barbara C. Brocki, Aalborg University Hospital, with collaborators from University Hospital Orebro, Orebro University, Sweden and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of postoperative inspiratory muscle training on the recovery of respiratory...

Why train your breathing?

By Duncan Kerr

If it weren't for the fact that breathing is automatic and taken for granted then we would not be asking this question.

Sports people train all their other muscle groups yet ignore the most fundamental system necessary to improve sports performance - the muscles used for breathing.

If ever there was a weak link in the chain, this is it!

The faster you move the greater demand there is for oxygen delivery to your working muscles, and carbon dioxide removal. This in turn increases your heart rate and subsequently your inspiratory breathing muscles have to work very hard to keep up....

On November 15th 2012 Chest Journal (Official Publication of the American College of Chest Physicians) published the Abstract of Original Research on:

“Respiratory muscle training for respiratory deficits in neurodegenerative disorders: A systematic review”

Authors: Alvaro Reyes, PhD; Mel Ziman, PhD; Ken Nosaka, PhD

Background: Studies of respiratory muscle training on central neurodegenerative pathologies have been aimed at improving pulmonary function. However, there is no certainty about the effectiveness of respiratory muscle training in patients affected by these groups of...

Respiratory muscle training can improve respiratory muscle strength and endurance in children and young adults with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Acute respiratory failure associated with respiratory infection is the most frequent reason for unplanned hospital admission, and chronic respiratory failure is a frequent cause of death. With appropriate intervention, the incidence of unplanned hospital admission can be reduced and life expectancy can be improved.

The British Thoracic Society has produced guidelines for respiratory management of children with neuromuscular weakness and provides recommendations that will...