title: The impact of resistance respiratory muscle training with a SpiroTiger(®) device on lung function, exercise performance, and health-related quality of life in respiratory diseases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are studies demonstrating that respiratory muscles can be trained using proper stimulation. Positive effects have been achieved in patients with pulmonary diseases and in patients after thoracic surgery procedures using isocapnic hyperpnoea training with a SpiroTiger(®) device. The aim of this study was to investigate whether SpiroTiger(®) training has an impact on forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), exercise performance, respiratory muscle fitness, and health-related quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Search phrases "spirotiger" and "spiro tiger" were entered into the search engines of the following databases: Academic Search Complete, Medline, Ebscohost, and PubMed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One article about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 4 articles about cystic fibrosis were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The positive effect of SpiroTiger(®) training on FEV1 cannot be unequivocally confirmed as it was found only in two of the five analysed studies. SpiroTiger(®) training has a positive impact on exercise performance measured with the six-minute walk test; it increases breathing muscle fitness in patients with COPD and in patients after thoracic surgery procedures, and it improves health-related quality of life.
authors: Department of Rehabilitation in Respiratory Diseases, Department of Rehabilitation in Internal Diseases, E. Piasecki University School of Physical Education in Poznan, Poznan, Poland.
authors: Olga M
authors: OM
authors: Włodarczyk
authors: Department of Rehabilitation in Respiratory Diseases, Department of Rehabilitation in Internal Diseases, E. Piasecki University School of Physical Education in Poznan, Poznan, Poland.
authors: Aleksander
authors: A
authors: Barinow-Wojewódzki
keywords: SpiroTiger®; lung function; respiratory muscle training