Maximal static mouth respiratory pressure in spinal cord injured patients: Correlation with motor level

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 569-575

  Mateus, S R M ^a,b   Beraldo, P S S ^a,b   Horan, T A ^a,b  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lung function tests; Maximal respiratory pressures; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUTH; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPIROMETRY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34547634573     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101998     Document Type: Article

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