Inspiratory muscle activation increases with COPD severity as confirmed by non-invasive mechanomyographic analysis.

There is a lack of instruments for assessing respiratory muscle activation during the breathing cycle in clinical conditions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefulness of the respiratory muscle mechanomyogram (MMG) for non-invasively assessing the mechanical activation of the inspi...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Sarlabous, Abel Torres, José A Fiz, Juana M Martínez-Llorens, Joaquim Gea, Raimon Jané
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5436747?pdf=render