Evaluation of respiratory muscle activation in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Ovechkin, Alexander ^a   Vitaz, Todd ^b   de Paleville, Daniela Terson ^a   Aslan, Sevda ^a   McKay, William ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Norton Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Respiratory muscles; Spinal cord injury; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956427410     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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