Reproducibility of twitch mouth pressure, sniff nasal inspiratory pressure, and maximal inspiratory pressure

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 901-905

  Maillard, J O ^a   Burdet, L ^a   Van Melle, G ^b   Fitting, J W ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Phrenic nerve stimulation; Respiratory muscles; Respiratory pressures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIC;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MOUTH; NOSE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 0031748764     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11040901     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Black L, Hyatt R. Maximal respiratory pressures: normal values and relationship to age and sex. Am Rev Respir Dis 1969; 99: 696-702.
2. Polkey MI, Green M, Moxham J. Measurement of respiratory muscle strength. Thorax 1995; 50: 1131-1135.
3. Héritier F, Rahm F, Pasche P, Fitting JW. Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure. A noninvasive assessment of inspiratory muscle strength. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 150: 1678-1683.
4. Uldry C, Fitting JW. Maximal values of sniff nasal inspiratory pressure in healthy subjects. Thorax 1995; 50: 371-375.
5. Uldry C, Janssens JP, De Muralt B, Fitting JW. Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J 1997; 10: 1292-1296.
6. Similowski T, Fleury B, Launois S, Cathala HP, Bouche P, Derenne JP. Cervical magnetic stimulation: a new painless method for bilateral phrenic nerve stimulation in conscious humans. J Appl Physiol 1989; 67: 1311-1318.
7. Wragg S, Aquilina R, Moran J, et al. Comparison of cervical magnetic stimulation and bilateral percutaneous electrical stimulation of the phrenic nerves in normal subjects. Eur Respir J 1994; 7: 1788-1792.
8. Hamnegard CH, Wragg S, Kyroussis D, et al. Mouth pressure in response to magnetic stimulation of the phrenic nerves. Thorax 1995; 50: 620-624.
9. Yan S, Gauthier AP, Similowski T, Macklem PT, Bellemare F. Evaluation of human diaphragm contractility using mouth pressure twitches. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 145: 1064-1069.
10. Laghi F, Tobin MJ. Relationship between transdiaphragmatic and mouth twitch pressures at functional residual capacity. Eur Respir J 1997; 10: 530-536.
11. Wragg S, Hamnegard C, Road J, et al. Potentiation of diaphragmatic twitch after voluntary contraction in normal subjects. Thorax 1994; 49: 1234-1237.
12. Mador MJ, Magalang UJ, Kufel TJ. Twitch potentiation following voluntary diaphragmatic contraction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 149: 739-743.
13. Chinn S. Repeatability and method comparison. Thorax 1991; 46: 454-456.
14. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986; i: 307-310.
15. Bellemare F. Strength of the respiratory muscles. In: Roussos C, ed. The Thorax. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1995; pp. 1161-1197. (Lenfant C, ed. Lung Biology in Health and Disease; vol 85).
16. Bellemare F. Strength of the respiratory muscles. In: Roussos C, ed. The Thorax. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1995; pp. 1161-1197. (Lenfant C, ed. Lung Biology in Health and Disease; vol 85).
17. Aldrich TK, Spiro P. Maximal inspiratory pressure: does reproducibility indicate full effort? Thorax 1995; 50: 40-43.
18. Smith J, Bellemare F. Effect of lung volume on in vivo contraction characteristics of human diaphragm. J Appl Physiol 1987; 62: 1893-1900.
19. Hamnegard CH, Wragg S, Mills G, et al. The effect of lung volume on transdiaphragmatic pressure. Eur Respir J 1995; 8: 1532-1536.
20. Nava S, Ambrosino N, Crotti P, Fracchia C, Rampulla C. Recruitment of some respiratory muscles during three maximal inspiratory manoeuvres. Thorax 1993; 48: 702-707.