Functional recovery of diaphragm paralysis: A long-term follow-up study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 690-698

  Gayan Ramirez, Ghislaine ^a   Gosselin, Nadège ^a   Troosters, Thierry ^a,b   Bruyninckx, Frans ^c   Gosselink, Rik ^a,b   Decramer, Marc ^a,b  

^a Respiratory Rehabilitation and Respiratory Division   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diaphragm paralysis; Electromyography; Functional respiratory recovery; Phrenic nerve conduction study; Phrenic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149175913     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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