Diaphragm and peripheral muscle thickness on ultrasound: Intra-rater reliability and variability of a methodology using non-standard recumbent positions

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1136-1143

  Baldwin, Claire E ^a,b   Paratz, Jennifer D ^c   Bersten, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

anthropometry; critical care; reproducibility of result; respiratory muscle; supine position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARM MUSCLE THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSITION; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE THICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXHALATION; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE THICKNESS; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENT POSITION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY; SUPINE POSITION; THIGH; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 80053309826     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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