Abdominal muscle training can enhance cough after spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 834-843

  McBain, Rachel A ^a,b   Boswell Ruys, Claire L ^a,b   Lee, Bonsan B ^a,b,c   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b   Butler, Jane E ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

abdominal muscle training; functional electrical stimulation; spinal cord injury; stimulated cough

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FLOW RATE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STOMACH PRESSURE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE TRAINING; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULATED COUGH;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; BREATHING EXERCISES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUGH; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885413050     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313496324     Document Type: Article

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