Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients With Stroke in Subacute Phase.

Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Lung Function, Inspiratory Muscle Strength and Trunk Balance in Patients With Stroke in Subacute Phase.

Assess the effect of inspiratory muscle training on lung function, muscle strength and trunk balance in survivors of stroke in the subacute phase of the disease

Assess the effect of inspiratory muscle training on lung function, muscle strength and trunk balance in survivors of stroke in the subacute phase of the disease. The intervention will be done in a group of patients who will be treated in the rehabilitation service at the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital. They will train using a threshold IMT device or a Powerbreathe device, to increase their inspiratory muscle strength in addition to a physical therapy treatment. The intervention will last eigtht weeks and the patients will be evaluated at the beginning and at the end of the intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sroke 6 months before of the beginning of the study
• Be able to understand simple commands
• Hemiparesis or hemiplegia
• Not have serious cardiopulmonary diseases(COPD,asthma,bronchiectasis)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Associated neurological pathology leading to muscle weakness
• Severe respiratory pathology, pulmonary embolism, presence of tracheostomy cannula,
• intracranial hypertension
• Acute retinal datachment, recent eye surgery
• Impossibility of labial occlusion
• Unstable heart disease, unstable angina, aortic aneurysm
• Recent thoracic or abdominal surgery(6 months)
• Uncontrolled arterial hypertension