Respiratory action of the intercostal muscles

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 717-756

  De Troyer, André ^a   Kirkwood, Peter A ^b   Wilson, Theodore A ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; BREATHING; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE MASS; NECK MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 15544366320     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00007.2004     Document Type: Review

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