Influence of muscle training in older inspiratory hypertensive inspiratory muscle weakness

• Main Author: Souza, Lillian Meirelly Cunha de
• Publication Date: 2014
• Other Authors: Nogueira, Ivan Daniel Bezerra, Guerra, Ricardo Oliveira, Ferreira, Gardênia Maria Holanda, Nogueira, Patrícia Angélica de Miranda Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista Conscientiae Saúde (Online)
• Download full: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/4503
• topic: Elderly; Hypertension; Respiratory muscles.; Hipertensão; Idoso; Músculos respiratórios.

Introduction: It is common to the aging process the loss of respiratory muscle strength in heart and this process is most evident. Objectives: To measure the effects of a protocol of inspiratory muscle training in elderly hypertensive patients with respiratory muscle weakness. Materials and methods: This is a series of cases in which a protocol was applied using the Threshold ® IMT for five consecutive weeks. The evaluation included examinations of manometer, spirometry and 6MWT as well as the questionnaires Minichal and IPAQ (short version). For statistic we used t student test Results: The effectiveness of training in increasing the muscle strength was observed indirectly by the difference between the values of PImáxA (before) and PImáxD (after) training p = 0.004) . Conclusion: The training contributed to an increase in inspiratory muscle strength demonstrated by the increase in MIP, but its relationship with other variables measured is not clear.