Posture effects on timing of abdominal muscle activity during stimulated ventilation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1994-2000

  Abe, Tadashi ^a,c   Yamada, Takumi ^a   Tomita, Tomoyuki ^a   Easton, Paul A ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Electromyogram; Expiratory muscle; External oblique; Fine wire electrode; Internal oblique; Postexpiratory expiratory activity; Rectus abdominis; Respiratory muscle; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXHALATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032992627     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.6.1994     Document Type: Article

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