The effect of body position on pulmonary function, chest wall motion, and discomfort in young healthy participants

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 719-725

  Naitoh, Satoko ^a   Tomita, Katsuyuki ^b   Sakai, Keita ^c   Yamasaki, Akira ^d   Kawasaki, Yuji ^d   Shimizu, Eiji ^d  

^a Le Santerion Yodoe Nursing Home ^*  (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organisation Yonago Medical Center   (Japan)

^c YMCA College of Medical and Human Services in Yonago   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Posture; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BORG SCALE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; MAXIMAL INSPIRATORY PRESSURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMFORT; RECUMBENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX; THORAX WALL MOTION; VITAL CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; THORAX WALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; POSTURE; PRONE POSITION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC WALL; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923080485     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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