Does intercostal stretch alter breathing pattern and respiratory muscle activity in conscious adults?

Physiotherapy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-97

  Puckree, T ^a   Cerny, F ^a   Bishop, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body position; Inspiratory musles; Mechanoreceptor; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; RESPIRATORY BURST; SUPINE POSITION; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0036182692     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60932-7     Document Type: Article

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