Forced expiratory manoeuvres to increase transport of bronchial mucus: A mechanistic approach

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-370

  Van Der Schans, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest physiotherapy; Mucus clearance; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

BRONCHUS MUCUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPRESSION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FORCED EXPIRATION; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MOUTH; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS SECRETION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESSURE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030832871     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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2. Vestbo J, Prescott E, Lange P, and the Copenhagen City Heart Study Group. - Association of-chronic mucus hypersecretion with FEVi decline and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease morbidity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153: 1530-1535.