Variability of electrophrenic diaphragm twitch stimulation over time in normal subjects

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Criner, Gerard J ^a   Travaline, John M ^a   Holt, Greg A ^a   Bosse, Christopher G ^a   Kelsen, Steven G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammals, humans; Methods, transcutaneous electrophrenic twitch stimulation; Muscle, diaphragm, transcutaneous stimulation; Pressure, transdiaphragmatic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ENDURANCE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN;

EID: 0032867503     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(99)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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