Effect of manually assisted cough and mechanical insufflation on cough flow of normal subjects, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and patients with respiratory muscle weakness

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 438-444

  Sivasothy, P ^a   Brown, L ^a   Smith, I E ^a   Shneerson, J M ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cough flow physiology; Manually assisted cough; Mechanical insufflation; Respiratory muscle weakness; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AERATION AND OXYGENATION; AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MANUALLY ASSISTED COUGH; MECHANICAL INSUFFLATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SCOLIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COUGH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SCOLIOSIS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0035006034     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.6.438     Document Type: Article

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