# Expiratory Muscle Strength Training and Phonation Resistance Training Exercises For Elderly Patients With Vocal Fold Atrophy

> **NCT03696576** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Emory University** · enrollment: 24 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Voice Disorder
- Vocal Cord Atrophy
- Presbyphonia

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** EMST
- **BEHAVIORAL:** PhoRTE

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03696576
- **Lead sponsor:** Emory University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2018-09-20
- **Primary completion:** 2020-05-04
- **Final completion:** 2020-05-04
- **Target enrollment:** 24 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Due to the pandemic, recruitment ended earlier than expected and changes were required to alter data collection methods (and were approved by the IRB). Additional changes were also made to the protocol to move the study to an online platform.
- **Last updated:** 2021-08-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03696576

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03696576, "Expiratory Muscle Strength Training and Phonation Resistance Training Exercises For Elderly Patients With Vocal Fold Atrophy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03696576. Licensed CC0.

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