NCT07725471Recruiting
COMPARISON OF BREATHING AND SUBOCCIPITAL RELEASE IN STROKE
COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF DEEP AND SLOW BREATHING EXERCISES AND SUBOCCIPITAL RELEASE, ADDED TO ROUTINE PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION, ON AUTONOMIC, MOTOR, AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND EMOTIONAL STATUS IN STROKE PATIENTS
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this study is to investigate the positive effects of deep, slow breathing exercises and suboccipital relaxation, when added to a routine physiotherapy and rehabilitation program, on autonomic, motor, cognitive, and emotional status functions in individuals who have experienced a stroke, and to examine their superiority compared to routine physiotherapy and rehabilitation alone.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 54 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Jul 2026
- Start date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07725471
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 54
- From 6 Jul 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Presence of active or chronic respiratory disease
- Low heart rate (\<60 bpm)
- Known cardiac conduction disorder
- Advanced liver, kidney, heart, or lung disease
- Severe aphasia or cognitive impairment that may interfere with the informed consent process or study procedures
- Malignant tumors or infectious diseases
- Failure to meet the inclusion criteria
Other
- Symptomatic carotid or vertebrobasilar stenosis
- Severe carotid or vertebrobasilar stenosis
- Diagnosed depression
- Pregnancy
- Presence of a pacemaker or other implanted electrical device
- Spasticity of grade 4 or higher according to the Modified Ashworth Scale in the upper and lower extremities
- Brunnstrom Motor Staging below stage 3 in the upper and lower extremities
Who the study is looking for
- First-time diagnosis of stroke
- Presence of unilateral hemiplegia due to ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke etiology
- Presence of hemiparesis
- At least 3 months post-stroke
- Having signed the informed consent form
- Aged between 18 and 84 years
Age in the registry: 18 years to 84 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Health Practice and Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Afyonkarahisar | Turkey (Türkiye) | Recruiting |
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