Efficacy of coughing in tetraplegic patients

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2200-2203

  Van Der Schans, Cees P ^a,b   Piers, D Albertus ^a   Mulder, Gerdina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cough; Efficacy; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; COUGH; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS;

EID: 0034282770     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200009010-00010     Document Type: Article

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