Maximum static respiratory pressures in healthy elderly men and women: Issues of reproducibility and interpretation

Respiration

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-258

  McConnell, A K ^a   Copestake, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Physical activity; Reproducibility; Respiratory muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MOUTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0032972419     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029386     Document Type: Article

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