Lung Volume Recruitment in Neuromuscular Disease: Can breath-stacking improve lung function, respiratory symptoms and quality of life in people with neuromuscular disorders?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1093831

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Difficulty taking deep breaths or coughing are two of the breathing complications people with a neuromuscular disease can face. Lung volume recruitment, also known as breath-stacking, is a simple and inexpensive therapy that may help. This research will look at the short and medium-term effects of breath-stacking exercises on the breathing system. If lung volume, chest stiffness and cough effectiveness improve then symptoms, quality of life and potentially survival are likely to be better.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $108,845.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physiotherapy

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Other Keywords

motor neuron disease (MND) | neuromuscular diseases | physiotherapy | respiratory failure | ventilatory support

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