Incremental threshold loading: A standard protocol and establishment of a reference range in naive normal subjects

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2868-2871

  Johnson, P H ^a   Cowley, A J ^a   Kinnear, W J M ^a,b  

^a University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Normal range; Respiratory muscles; Threshold loading; Weighted plunger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0031450333     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10122868     Document Type: Article

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