Respiratory effects of the external and internal intercostal muscles in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 530, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 319-330

  Wilson, Theodore A ^b,c   Legrand, Alexandre ^a,b   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^b   De Troyer, André ^a,b  

^a Brussels School of Medicine   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY; THORAX PRESSURE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; EXHALATION; INHALATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RIBS;

EID: 0035862209     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0319l.x     Document Type: Article

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