NCT07821255Not yet recruiting
Effect of Diaphragmatic Breathing Training on Trunk Control and Postural Stability in Individuals With Chronic Stroke
Effect of Diaphragmatic Breathing Training on Trunk Control and Postural Stability in Individuals With Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This randomized controlled trial will investigate whether adding diaphragmatic breathing training to conventional physiotherapy improves trunk control and postural stability in individuals with chronic stroke compared with conventional physiotherapy alone. Forty participants with chronic unilateral stroke will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to either an experimental group receiving diaphragmatic breathing training plus conventional physiotherapy or a control group receiving conventional physiotherapy alone. The intervention will be provided three times per week for six weeks.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Sept 2026
- Start date
- Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- fatma shehata
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07821255
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 40
- From Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- No sites listed in no 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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Who the study is looking for
- Clinically diagnosed unilateral stroke.
- Chronic stroke stage of at least 6 months.
- Able to sit independently without physical assistance.
- Able to walk 10 meters with or without an assistive device.
- Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score ≥24.
- Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) score ≤2 in the affected upper and lower limb muscles.
- Medically stable.
- Able to understand and follow simple instructions.
- Willing to participate and provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria:Other neurological disorders.
- Bilateral neurological deficits or multiple deficits substantially interfering with trunk control, balance, or gait.
- Severe cardiopulmonary disease limiting participation in exercise.
- Severe musculoskeletal disorders affecting the trunk or lower limbs.
- Severe cognitive impairment.
- Severe aphasia preventing understanding of instructions.
- Significant visual or vestibular impairment affecting balance assessment.
- Uncontrolled medical conditions.
- Current participation in another structured rehabilitation program.
Age in the registry: 40 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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