Breathing Control Training
Cross-source consensus on Breathing Control Training from 1 sources and 7 claims.
1 sources · 7 claims
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- A standard BCT course consists of a single 60-minute initial session followed by a 30-minute refresher session at one month. — Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol
- BCT teaches diaphragmatic breathing with calm, slow nasal expiration and eliminates dysfunctional patterns including hyperinflation and hyperventilation. — Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol
- Home exercises of 5–10 minutes twice daily are prescribed in BCT and recorded in a diary. — Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol
- Breathing Control Training is a physiotherapist-delivered intervention originally developed for asthma. — Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol
- BCT is substantially cheaper than multi-session psychological interventions and offers an acceptability advantage because it does not require patients to frame their disorder as psychiatric. — Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol
- In asthma patients, BCT improves hyperventilation symptoms on the Nijmegen scale, reduces anxiety and depression scores, and improves quality of life without affecting objective airway function. — Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol
- In a pilot study, 7 of 10 participants with functional seizures showed improved seizure frequency after BCT, and 3 achieved complete seizure remission with no adverse events reported. — Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol