Test/retest reliability of maximum mouth pressure measurements with the microRPM in healthy volunteers

Respiratory Care

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 776-782

  Dimitriadis, Zacharias ^a,b   Kapreli, Eleni ^a   Konstantinidou, Ioanna ^a   Oldham, Jacqueline ^b   Strimpakos, Nikolaos ^a,b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lung function; Manometer; Maximum expiratory pressure; Maximum inspiratory pressure; Reliability; Respiratory muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MANOMETER; MAXIMUM EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; MAXIMUM INSPIRATORY PRESSURE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SITTING; STANDING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POSTURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79960684571     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.00783     Document Type: Article

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