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Evaluation of respiratory muscles |
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| Authors: |
Kosti, Vasiliki-Eleni Spiropoulos, Kostas |
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| Abstract: |
The ribcage expands with the action of the respiratory muscles during inhalation and passively contracts during exhalation. This chapter explains methods for determining the functional capacity of the diaphragm and accessory muscles, which is useful in the assessment of neuromuscular and other disorders.
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| Linguistic Editors: |
Pitsoli, Kalliopi |
| Graphic Editors: |
Tsakmaki, Eleni |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 25-01-2023 |
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Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/9024 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Kosti, V., & Spiropoulos, K. (2023). Evaluation of respiratory muscles [Chapter]. In Karkoulias, K., Lykouras, D., Lagiou, O., & Spiropoulos, K. 2022. Pulmonary function testing [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/9024 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Pulmonary function testing |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |