Can a phone app boost breathing muscle training in Parkinson's?

NCT ID NCT06942533

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: General University Hospital, Prague Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether real-time visual feedback from the SpiroGym app helps people with Parkinson's disease perform breathing muscle exercises more effectively. Thirty participants will do the exercises with and without the app's feedback, and researchers will measure muscle activity and effort. The goal is to see if the app makes training more intense and potentially more beneficial.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: SpiroGym mobile application providing real-time visual feedback during expiratory muscle strength training
What this could lead to: If it works, this could show that adding visual feedback makes breathing exercises more effective for people with Parkinson's disease.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early study (30 people) looking at short-term muscle activity, not long-term breathing or quality of life. The results may not apply to all Parkinson's patients.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Parkinson disease

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

BREATHING EXERCISES PARKINSON DISEASE TELEMEDICINE

Contacts and locations

Locations

Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague
RECRUITING

Prague, 16000, Czechia
General University Hospital
RECRUITING

Prague, 120 00, Czechia

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