Cough in spinal cord injured patients: The relationship between motor level and peak expiratory flow

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Wang, Amy Y ^a   Jaeger, Robert J ^b   Yarkony, Gary M ^b,c,d   Turba, Rose M ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Rehab Phys of Northeast Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cough; Paraplegia; Peak expiratory flow rate; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COUGHING; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARALYSIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRUNK;

EID: 0030997759     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100370     Document Type: Article

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