Study of the effectiveness of bronchial clearance in subjects with upper spinal cord injuries: Examination of a rehabilitation programme involving mechanical insufflation and exsufflation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 614-616

  Pillastrini, P ^a   Bordini, S ^b   Bazzocchi, G ^a,b   Belloni, G ^b   Menarini, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury; Mechanical insufflation exsufflation; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750191896     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101870     Document Type: Article

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