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Multicentre randomized clinical trial of inspiratory muscle training versus usual care before surgery for oesophageal cancer.

Karin ValkenetJ C A TrappenburgJ P RuurdaE M GuinanJ V ReynoldsP NafteuxM FontaineH E RodrigoD L van der PeetS W HaniaM N SosefJ WillmsC RosmanH PietersJ J G ScheepersT FaberE A KouwenhovenM TinselboerJ RäsänenH RyynänenR GosselinkR van HillegersbergF J G Backx
Published in: The British journal of surgery (2018)
Despite an increase in preoperative inspiratory muscle function, home-based preoperative IMT did not lead to a decreased rate of pneumonia after oesophagectomy. Registration number: NCT01893008 (https://www.clinicaltrials.gov).
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