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 +4 more
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The immediate effects of rib cage joint mobilization and chest wall stretch on muscle tone and stiffness of respiratory muscles and chest expansion ability in patients with chronic stroke. [PDF]
J Phys Ther Sci, 2017 [Purpose] The main purpose of this study was to identify the impact of rib cage joint mobilization and chest wall stretch on respiratory muscle tone and stiffness and chest expansion in stroke patients and to compare the effects of both interventions ...
Park SJ, Kim SH, Min KO.
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Idiopathic Scoliosis Progression: Presenting Rib and Segmental Rib Index as Predictors—A Literature Review [PDF]
Medical SciencesThis report provides a concise selective representative overview of the predictor factors for progression in Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS). The Cobb angle method, rib hump deformity, imaging and advanced techniques for assessing skeletal maturity serve as ...
Theodoros B. Grivas +12 more
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Sternum Length and Rib Cage Dimensions Compared with Bodily Proportions in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis [PDF]
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2012 BACKGROUND: A greater structural expansion of the rib cage in females compared with males has been described in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients; however, conflicting data exist as to whether an elongation of the bony ribs and sternum contributes to this ...
Louis-Philippe Laurin +2 more
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The rib cage: a new element in the spinopelvic chain
European Spine Journal, 2022 This study analyzes anatomical variations of the thoracic cage (TC) according to spinopelvic alignment, age and gender using stereoradiography in erect position.This retrospective multicentric study analyzed computed parameters collected from free-standing position bi-planar radiographs, among healthy subjects.
M. Khalifé +6 more
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Thoracic Spinal Stability and Motion Behavior Are Affected by the Length of Posterior Instrumentation After Vertebral Body Replacement, but Not by the Surgical Approach Type: An in vitro Study With Entire Rib Cage Specimens. [PDF]
Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 2020 Liebsch C +7 more
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Scoliosis instrumentation alters primary and coupled motions of the spine: An in vitro study using entire thoracolumbar spine and rib cage specimens. [PDF]
JOR SpineLiebsch C +4 more
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Contribution of the rib cage to breathing in tetraplegia. [PDF]
Thorax, 1985 In tetraplegia there is often paradoxical inward motion of the rib cage during inspiration. The volume of this negative contribution is difficult to estimate but can be obtained by optical mapping. The partitioning of ventilation between the rib cage and abdomen in six normal subjects, 10 stable tetraplegic patients, and one tetraplegic patient at ...
Michael Morgan +4 more
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Hox patterning of the vertebrate rib cage [PDF]
Development, 2007 Unlike the rest of the axial skeleton, which develops solely from somitic mesoderm, patterning of the rib cage is complicated by its derivation from two distinct tissues. The thoracic skeleton is derived from both somitic mesoderm,which forms the vertebral bodies and ribs, and from lateral plate mesoderm,which forms the sternum.
Daniel C. McIntyre +6 more
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Effect of follower load on motion and stiffness of the human thoracic spine with intact rib cage. [PDF]
J Biomech, 2016 Sis HL +6 more
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