Sleep Quality, Stress, Depression, Blood Pressure Responses to Diaphragmatic Respiratory Exercise in Systemic Sclerosis

Sleep Quality, Stress/Depression, Autonomic Responses to Breathing Exercise in Systemic Sclerosis

systemic sclerosis women usually report problems such as stress/depression, fatigue, not deep sleep. complementary therapies may improve the reported problems in those patients

the assignment of females with systemic sclerosis (n= forty females) to two equal groups. the group will contain 20 females. the first group will receive tele-supervised Diaphragmatic Respiratory Exercise ( applied at the homes of the females two times per the day, at the morning and at the evening, twenty minutes for every time, the sessions will be applied daily for 3 months in all females). the females in the second group will be waiting-list control females.

Inclusion Criteria:

• systemic sclerosis women (40 females)

Exclusion Criteria:

• obesity
• thoracic diseases
• heart disease
• females with mental diseases