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Noninvasive Assessment of Inspiratory Muscle Neuromechanical Coupling During Inspiratory Threshold Loading [PDF]

IEEE Access, 2019
Diaphragm neuromechanical coupling (NMC), which reflects the efficiency of conversion of neural activation to transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi), is increasingly recognized to be a useful clinical index of diaphragm function and respiratory mechanics in ...
Manuel Lozano-Garcia, Luis Estrada-Petrocelli, John Moxham, Gerrard F. Rafferty, Abel Torres, Caroline J. Jolley, Raimon Jane   +6 more
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Quantification of Diaphragm Mechanics in Pompe Disease Using Dynamic 3D MRI. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Diaphragm weakness is the main reason for respiratory dysfunction in patients with Pompe disease, a progressive metabolic myopathy affecting respiratory and limb-girdle muscles.
Katja Mogalle, Adria Perez-Rovira, Pierluigi Ciet, Stephan C A Wens, Pieter A van Doorn, Harm A W M Tiddens, Ans T van der Ploeg, Marleen de Bruijne   +7 more
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The ‘abdominal circulatory pump’: an auxiliary heart during exercise? [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2016
Apart from its role as a flow generator for ventilation the diaphragm has a circulatory role. The cyclical abdominal pressure variations from its contractions cause swings in venous return from the splanchnic venous circulation.
Barbara eUva, Barbara eUva, Andrea eAliverti, Dario eBovio, Bengt eKayser   +4 more
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Relationship between respiratory muscles ultrasound parameters and running tests performance in adolescent football players. A pilot study [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Purpose Assessing the relationship between ultrasound imaging of respiratory muscles during tidal breathing and running tests (endurance and speed) in adolescent football players.
Małgorzata Pałac, Damian Sikora, Tomasz Wolny, Paweł Linek   +3 more
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Ageing of the Diaphragm Muscle [PDF]

Cureus, 2020
The diaphragm muscle is the most important contractile district used for breathing. Like other muscles in the human body, it is subject to ageing and sarcopenia. Sarcopenia can be classified as primary (or age-related) when there are no local or systemic pathologies that cause a functional and morphological detriment of skeletal musculature.
Bordoni, Bruno, Morabito, Bruno, Simonelli, Marta   +2 more
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Co-activation of the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles through an adaptive closed-loop respiratory pacing controller

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2023
IntroductionRespiratory pacing is a promising alternative to traditional mechanical ventilation that has been shown to significantly increase the survival and quality of life after the neural control of the respiratory system has been compromised ...
Rabeya Zinnat Adury, Rabeya Zinnat Adury, Ricardo Siu, Ricardo Siu, Ranu Jung, Ranu Jung   +5 more
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Diaphragmatic Activation Correlated with Lumbar Multifidus Muscles and Thoracolumbar Fascia by B-Mode and M-Mode Ultrasonography in Subjects with and without Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: The diaphragm, the lumbar multifidus muscles, and the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) execute an important role in the stability of the lumbar spine and their morphology has been modified in subjects with non-specific low back pain (
Alicia Martin Perez, Samuel Fernández-Carnero, Cristina Sicilia-Gomez-de-Parada, Nicolas Cuenca-Zaldívar, Fermin Naranjo-Cinto, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo, Susana Nuñez-Nagy   +7 more
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Surface electromyography to quantify neuro-respiratory drive and neuro-mechanical coupling in mechanically ventilated children

Respiratory Research, 2023
Background The patient’s neuro-respiratory drive, measured as electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi), quantifies the mechanical load on the respiratory muscles.
Alette A. Koopman, Jefta van Dijk, Eline Oppersma, Robert G. T. Blokpoel, Martin C. J. Kneyber   +4 more
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The impact of critical illness on the expiratory muscles and the diaphragm assessed by ultrasound in mechanical ventilated children

Annals of Intensive Care, 2020
Background Critical illness has detrimental effects on the diaphragm, but the impact of critical illness on other major muscles of the respiratory pump has been largely neglected.
Marloes M. IJland, Joris Lemson, Johannes G. van der Hoeven, Leo M. A. Heunks   +3 more
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Managing respiratory muscle weakness during weaning from invasive ventilation

European Respiratory Review, 2023
Weaning is a critical stage of an intensive care unit (ICU) stay, in which the respiratory muscles play a major role. Weakness of the respiratory muscles, which is associated with significant morbidity in the ICU, is not limited to atrophy and subsequent
Côme Bureau, Marine Van Hollebeke, Martin Dres   +2 more
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