Respiratory mechanical advantage of the canine external and internal intercostal muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 518, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 283-289

  De Troyer, André ^a   Legrand, Alexandre ^b   Wilson, Theodore A ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THORAX; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE; EXTERNAL INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; INTERNAL INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0033166709     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0283r.x     Document Type: Article

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