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How breathing-muscle training affects swallowing

Researchers study a structured programme that strengthens muscles used to breathe out, examining its effects on swallowing in Parkinson’s.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: NCT07606547

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Start (planned): 2026-06
Main measurements finished (planned): 2028-05
Study finished (planned): 2028-05

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2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Age 18 years and over · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all

Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, * PD-related dysphagia as objectively diagnosed with FEES Exclusion Criteria: * severe dementia, not able to give consent * dysphagia related to other diagnoses

Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Biomechanical Effects of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST®) on Swallowing Function in Parkinson's Disease - a Prospective High-resolution Manometry Study

Short title used by the registry

Biomechanical Effects of EMST® on Swallowing Function in Parkinson's Disease

Original description

The aim of this non-randomized intervention study is to investigate the detailed effects of a structured four-week EMST® training program on the biomechanics of swallowing function in dysphagic Parkinson's patients. A combination of fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) and pharyngeal high-resolution manometry (HRM) will be employed to comprehensively evaluate the neuromuscular changes in swallowing.

Conditions reported: Parkinson's Disease (PD); Dysphagia

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ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT07606547 ↗ — RECRUITING; checked 2026-10-11

Study type: Interventional
Interventions: exspiratory muscle strength training
Phases: NA
Sponsor: University Hospital Muenster
Start date reported by registry: 2026-06 (estimated)

Registry updated: 2026-06-03 · Status last verified by the registry submitter: 2026-05

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Sonja Suntrup-Krueger, Prof. Dr. med. · +49251-83-46811 · sonja.suntrup-krueger@ukmuenster.de

Study locations

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University Hospital Münster, Department of Neurology

Münster, Germany

Recruiting

Sonja Suntrup-Krueger, Prof. Dr. med. · +4925183-46811 · sonja.suntrup-krueger@ukmuenster.de

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