Effects of preoperative inspiratory muscle training in obese women undergoing open bariatric surgery: respiratory muscle strength, lung volumes, and diaphragmatic excursion

Effects of preoperative inspiratory muscle training in obese women undergoing open bariatric surgery: respiratory muscle strength, lung volumes, and diaphragmatic excursion

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether preoperative inspiratory muscle training is able to attenuate the impact of surgical trauma on the respiratory muscle strength, in the lung volumes, and diaphragmatic excursion in obese women undergoing open bariatric surgery. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETT...

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Main Authors: Marcela Cangussu Barbalho-Moulim, Gustavo Peixoto Soares Miguel, Eli Maria Pazzianotto Forti, Flavio do Amaral Campos, Dirceu Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Respiratory Muscle Training
Spirometry
Diaphragm
Respiratory Muscles
Bariatric Surgery
Obesity
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011001000009

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