TY - JOUR T1 - Inspiratory muscle training in patients with Parkinson's disease JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P495 AU - Silvana Loana Oliveira Sousa AU - Martha Cecília León Garzón AU - María Gómez-Gallego AU - Juan José Bellester Cerezo AU - Lourdes Gómez-Amorós AU - José Luis Martínez-Gil AU - Fulgencio Buendía-López Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P495.abstract N2 - Background: Respiratory muscle weakness is a common impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). This is muscle weakness is exacerbated by increased chest wall rigidity that potentially contribute to reduced lung volumes and respiratory pressures and may be an important factor in the respiratory complications in this population.Objective: This study investigated the effect of specific inspiratory muscle training (SIMT) on maximum inspiratory pressure in patients with PD.Methods: Thirteen participants (7 males and 6 females) with PD (mean age of 69.6 years (SD=7.7 years) referred from the On-Off Parkinson's Association in Murcia, Spain, were involved in this study. Maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) was considered the indice of inspiratory muscle strength and measured before and within one week after the training period and. All subjects trained daily at home, six times a week, each session consisting of 3 sets of the 15 times, for 8 week. The training was performed using an inspiratory muscle trainer.Results: Following the training period there was a significant improvement in inspiratory muscle strength. The mean inspiratory muscle strength pre-intervention was 58.6 cmH20 (SD=12.3) and post-intervention was 72.4 cmH20 (SD=14.1) (p<0.01).Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate that muscle strength training has the potential to improve inspiratory muscle strength in patients with Parkinson's disease. ER -