Breathing movements and breathing patterns among healthy men and women 20-69 years of age: Reference values

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-54

  Ragnarsdóttir, María ^a,b   Kristinsdóttir, Ella Kolbrun ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Rehabilitation Department   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Breathing movements; Breathing pattern

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; SEX FACTORS; THORAX;

EID: 33644509849     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087456     Document Type: Article

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