A comparison of tidal volume, breathing frequency, and minute ventilation between two sitting postures in healthy adults

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-119

  Landers, Merrill ^a   Barker, Greg ^b   Wallentine, Scott ^c   McWhorter, J Wesley ^a   Peel, Claire ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Freeman Wk Injury/Orthoped Ther   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; SITTING; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0038157079     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593980307958     Document Type: Article

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