Effectiveness of 5-week Digital Respiratory Practice in Children With Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies.

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA · Apr 8, 2024

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It will be done 4 times a week for a period of 5 weeks, for a duration of 55-60 minutes (20 sessions), with an intensity adapted to the characteristics of each participant. An intervention program will be used based on respiratory muscle training exercises, upper limb strength work, yoga, diaphragmatic awareness exercises, always trying to do them through the use of games, and even try to include exercises that use motor imagery.

It is advisable during intervention program to have a playful environment stimulated for the children, and that the intervention program is carried out and stimul...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Participants with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and patients with Becker muscular dystrophy will be chosen.
• • Aged between 5 and 20 years.
• • Child who could walk and follow the intervention program, and were diagnosed according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10 Revision. code (G71-01); and who had an NSSA score greater than 20.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients who present associated heart disease.
• • Patients who presentor fractures, a heart rate greater than 120 beats per minute, or an oxygen saturation less than 89% will be excluded.
• • Participants who do not have the capacity to have internet at home to perform the intervention, as well as all patients whose caregivers did not agree to sign the informed consent.