Patterns of shortening and thickening of the human diaphragm

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1123-1132

  Wait, J L ^a,b   Johnson, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm geometry; Thickening ratio; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE;

EID: 0030873894     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.4.1123     Document Type: Article

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