Chest wall dynamics and muscle recruitment during professional flute playing

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Cossette, Isabelle ^a   Monaco, Pierpaolo ^a   Aliverti, Andrea ^b   Macklem, Peter T ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Breath support; Chest wall; Chest wall configuration; Chest wall dynamics; Flautists; Flow; Flute players; Intercostal muscles; Mouth pressures; Musicians; Pulmonary volumes; Respiratory muscles; Respiratory patterns; Scalene muscles; Sternocleidomastoid muscles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VOLUME; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SOUND INTENSITY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THORAX WALL;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; THORACIC WALL; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 38649087646     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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