Efficacy of Glossopharyngeal Breathing for a Ventilator-Dependent, High-Level Tetraplegic Patient after Cervical Cord Tumor Resection and Tracheotomy

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 216-219

  Bianchi, Carlo ^a   Grandi, M ^b   Felisari, G ^a  

^a Fondazione Istituto Sacra Famiglia   (Italy)

^b VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glossopharyngeal Breathing; Rehabilitation; Respiratory Paralysis; Spinal Cord; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL BREATHING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATOR; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; EPENDYMOMA; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 1242292441     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000113408.96258.06     Document Type: Article

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