Posterolateral surface electrical stimulation of abdominal expiratory muscles to enhance cough in spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-167

  Butler, Jane E ^a,b   Lim, Julianne ^a,b   Gorman, Robert B ^a,b   Boswell Ruys, Claire ^a,b   Saboisky, Julian P ^a,b   Lee, Bonsan B ^a,b,c   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Functional electrical stimulation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BINDER; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSTEROLATERAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STOMACH PRESSURE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; COUGH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79954558678     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310378509     Document Type: Article

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