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NCT07293429
Combined Posture Correction and Resistive Respiratory Muscles Training in COPD With FHP
NA trial testing Resistive inspiratory muscles training in COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in 72 participants. Currently enrolling.
25 February 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Riphah International University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 72 |
| Start date | 2 December 2025 |
| Primary completion | 25 February 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 25 February 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Pakistan |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Resistive inspiratory muscles training
- Resistive expiratory muscles training:
- Combined resistive inspiratory and expiratory muscles training
Conditions studied
- COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease — all drugs for COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease →
- Forward Head Posture — all drugs for Forward Head Posture →
Sponsor
Riphah International University
Who can join
Adults 40 to 60, any sex, with COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Forward Head Posture. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation, often exacerbated by postural abnormalities such as forward head posture (FHP). FHP can lead to significant alterations in breathing patterns, reducing the efficiency of respiratory muscles and impairing lung function. Patients with COPD and FHP frequently exhibit muscular imbalances, where overactive accessory muscles compensate for weakened primary respiratory muscles Resistive Inspiratory Muscle Training strengthens inhalation muscles using resistance devices to enhance respiratory function in COPD patients. Resistive Expiratory Muscle Training focuses on strengthening exhalation muscles through resistance during exhalation, improving breathing efficiency. Posture Correction Exercises address forward head posture by stretching tight muscles and strengthening weak ones to optimize breathing mechanics. Combined Resistive Inspiratory and Expiratory Muscle Training integrates both inspiratory and expiratory muscle training, using resistance for both inhalation and exhalation, to maximize respiratory efficiency and overall lung function in COPD patients. The objective of the study is to determine the effects of combined exercise and resistive respiratory muscles training on dyspnea, chest expansion, craniovertebral angle and pulmonary function test, in COPD patients with forward head posture. Patients of COPD with forward head posture will be recruited by convenient sampling technique using seal opaque method. 72 patients will be equally divided into three groups with 24 patients each. Posture correction exercises will be added as baseline treatment for all three groups session. GROUP A will be treated with resistive inspiratory muscles training (RIMT). GROUP B will be treated with resistive expiratory muscles training (REMT). GROUP C will be treated with combined resistive inspiratory and expiratory muscles technique (RIMT+REMT).treatment session will be of 8 weeks and will include three reading (pre, post treatment and one follow-up). Outcomes measurement will include; dyspnea by dyspnea 12 questionnaires, chest expansion by measuring tape, craniovertebral angle by radiograph and pulmonary function test by spirometer. Data will be analyzed by SPSS software version 21.
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- Last refreshed: 5 January 2026
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