NCT05003167View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Effectiveness of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Improving Communication in ALS

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

13

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 1, 2021

Primary Completion Date

June 1, 2022

Study Completion Date

June 1, 2022

Conditions
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Interventions
DEVICE

Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST-150)

All participants will forcefully breathe out into an Expiratory Muscle Strength Training device (EMST-150) 25 times per day for 6 weeks. The EMST device will be set at a moderate intensity level (50% of each participant's maximum expiratory pressure).

Trial Locations (1)

47906

Purdue University, West Lafayette

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

NIH

lead

Purdue University

OTHER

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