UBC Researchers are recruiting healthy females and males between the ages of 20-40 and 60-80 years old.
The research will begin to understanding the effect of inspiratory muscle training on different variables of the respiratory system. Specifically, quantifying the blood pressure change and activation of the diaphragm during high respiratory work.
WHAT’S INVOLVED?
Pulmonary function tests, hand grip strength, respiratory muscle strength and diaphragm thickness (evaluated with ultrasound imaging).
Performing a seated resistive breathing task while measurements of ventilation, metabolic, pressures, heart rate, blood pressure, saturation and, electromyography are being recorded 5 weeks of inspiratory muscle training (3 sets of 75 breaths, 6 days a week).
What is the time commitment?
- Visits 1, 7, 8 are 2.5 hours and are performed in person
- Visits 1, 7, 8 are 2.5 hours and are performed in person
- Visits 2 to 6 are 30 minutes and are performed in person or virtually
- Each inspiratory muscle training session is 30 minutes and is performed on your own time
INCLUSION CRITERIA
- Females or males between the ages of 20-40 years and 60-80 years
- Normal lung function
- Proficient in the English language
- Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 25.0 for young individuals and up to 30.0 for
- older individuals
- No known symptoms of cardiopulmonary and/or neuromuscular disease
- Systolic blood pressure up to 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure up to 90 mmHg
If you are interested in volunteering for this research study, please contact Viviana Shiffman (viviana.shiffman@ubc.ca) for full details.