Efficacy of Shitali Respiratory Rehabilitation Program in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: shitali pranayama respiratory rehabilitation training.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Basic parameters: 35 years — 55 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
obstructive sleep apnea has a negative impact on blood pressure of patients, sleeping quality, and respiration
Detailed description
in this study, patients (n=40) with obstructive sleep apnea will participate in this study to be divided in to group I and group II with an equal number of patients (n = 20 for the group). Group I will administer six cycles of 5-min shitali respiratory pranayama exercise rehabilitation training (the rehabilitation will be repeated or applied at morning, afternoon, and also at evening) for 12 week as a daily performance, the other group, Group II, will act as control group.
Interventions
- Behavioral shitali pranayama respiratory rehabilitation training
in this group, patients (n=20) with obstructive sleep apnea will participate and will administer six cycles of 5-min shitali respiratory pranayama exercise rehabilitation training (the rehabilitation will be repeated or applied at morning, afternoon, and also at evening) for 12 week as a daily performance
Primary outcome measures
- apnea hypopnea index [Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- systolic blood pressure [Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks]
- diastolic blood pressure [Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks]
- Pittsburg sleep quality index [Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks]
- respiratory rate [Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks]
- Epworth sleepiness scale [Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks]
- visual analogue scale of by-partner reported sleep difficulty [Time frame: it will be measured after 12 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- non-obese patients
- obstructive sleep apnea (mild and moderate form)
Exclusion criteria
- cardiac patients metabolic diseases kidney diseases
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- faculty of physical therapy Cairo university — Dokki
Publications
- Ismail AMA, Gadallah NGM, Elfahl AMA. Apnea-hypopnea index, blood pressure, daytime sleepiness, and sleeping quality in obstructive sleep apnea: randomized-controlled responses to Shitali respiratory training. Respir Med. 2026 Feb;252:108608. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108608. Epub 2025 Dec 23. PMID 41448283
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06715228 · IRB00014233-15