The effect of body position on maximal expiratory pressure and flow

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-102

  Badr, Charbel ^a   Elkins, Mark R ^b   Ellis, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cough; Maximal expiratory flow rate; Peak expiratory flow rate; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RANDOMIZATION; RECUMBENCY; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SITTING; SPIROMETER; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036281447     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60203-8     Document Type: Article

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