Contractility of the ventilatory pump muscles

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1106-1114

  Farkas, Gaspar A ^a   Cerny, Frank J ^b   Rochester, Dudley F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DIAPHRAGM; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VENTILATORY MUSCLES

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0029830979     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199609000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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