Stacking Exercises Aid the Decline in FVC and Sick Time

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

70

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

November 22, 2018

Study Completion Date

November 22, 2018

Conditions
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Interventions
DEVICE

Lung Volume Recruitment (LVR)

LVR will be used twice per day

OTHER

Conventional Treatment

This may include: a. Physiotherapy, consisting of percussion, active cycle of breathing and/or postural drainage; b. Nutritional support, consisting of oral or tube-fed dietary supplements; c. Antibiotics (oral or intravenous), if there is evidence of respiratory infection; d. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, if there is evidence of nocturnal hypoventilation or sleep-disordered breathing; e. Systemic steroids

Trial Locations (9)

T3B 6A8

Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary

TGG 2J3

Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton

V6H 3V4

BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver

L8S 4K1

McMaster University, Hamilton

N6A 4G5

London Health Sciences, London

K1H 8L1

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa

M4G 1R8

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto

M5G 1X8

SickKids Hospital, Toronto

H3T 1C5

Hôpital Ste. Justine, Montreal

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Jesse's Journey

OTHER

lead

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

OTHER

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