Respiratory muscle tension as symptom generator in individuals with high anxiety sensitivity

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-195

  Ritz, Thomas ^a   Meuret, Alicia E ^a   Bhaskara, Lavanya ^a   Petersen, Sibylle ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anxiety; panic; respiration; respiratory muscle tension; respiratory sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREATHING; CAPNOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; TIDAL VOLUME; VELOCITY;

EID: 84873992430     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31827d1072     Document Type: Article

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