Recruiting

Resistance Breathing

Sponsor:

Livotion, LLC

Code:

NCT07127575

Conditions

Stress

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Resistance Breathing Device

Electronic Resistance Breathing Device

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this research is to measure the acceptance of a resistance breathing intervention and to assess whether it produces physiological and subjective effects in a laboratory setting.

Conditions

Stress

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Study ID

NCT07127575

Start date

Aug 1, 2025

Status verified date

Aug, 2025

Completion date

Sep 30, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 30, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Be currently enrolled in a college or university
  • Be able to read, speak, and comprehend English
  • Be able and willing to complete a 60-minute study involving heart rate monitoring, survey completion, training, a stress test, and device utilization

Exclusion Criteria:

-Individuals diagnosed with anxiety or stress and require professional support to cope with these clinical levels of stress or anxiety should not enroll in the study in place of professional assistance.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Base AIRpen

In this arm, participants will utilize an AIRpen after completing an arithmetic based stress test during a decompression period. Participants will engage in diaphragmatic breathing and other stress reducing behaviors like fidgeting or clicking using the AIRpen while physiological data is measured with an ear sensor and audio recordings.

experimental: Smart AIRpen

In this arm, participants will utilize a SMART AIRpen after completing an arithmetic based stress test during a decompression period. Participants will engage in diaphragmatic breathing and other stress reducing behaviors like fidgeting or clicking using the Smart AIRpen while physiological data is measured with an ear sensor and audio recordings.

no intervention: No AIRpen

In this arm, participants will be asked to sit quietly following an arithmetic based stress test during a decompression period. Physiological data will be measured with an ear sensor and audio recordings.

Interventions

Resistance Breathing Device

The AIRpen is a multifunctional stress management tool that helps users engage in diaphragmatic breathing at differing resistance levels, as well as other common stress relieving behaviors such as fidgeting

Electronic Resistance Breathing Device

The Smart AIRpen functions just as the original AIRpen device and has been augmented with sensors to measure use patterns to determine whether the AIRpen is being used for fidgeting or breathing.

Primary outcome measure

  • Device Acceptability as Measured by the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) [ Time Frame: From enrollment to end of 1 hour study period. ]
  • Device Usability as Measured by a Modified Version of the System Usability Scale (SUS) [ Time Frame: From enrollment until completion of 1 hour study period. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Milton E Aguirre, PhD

7654960782meaguirr@purdue.edu

Amanda Case, PhD

amanda-case@uiowa.edu

Locations

Purdue University

Recruiting

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47907

Contacts

Milton Aguirre, PhD

7654960782meaguirr@purdue.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Livotion, LLC

Last update posted

Aug 17, 2025

Last verified

Aug, 2025

Keywords

  • resistance breathing
  • stress management

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Livotion, LLC on 2025-08-17.