Can a phone app boost breathing muscle training in Parkinson's?
NCT ID NCT06942533
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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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of Parkinsons disease * Stable dopaminergic medication (stable dose for at least 1 month) Exclusion Criteria: * Other neurological disorders * Significant cognitive impairment * Major psychiatric disorder * History of head or neck cancer or previous surgical interventions in the neck region. * Illness during the study period
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague
RECRUITINGPrague, 16000, Czechia
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General University Hospital
RECRUITINGPrague, 120 00, Czechia
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