...Yuan Ming Luo; John Moxham; Michael I. Polkey The usefulness of diaphragm electromyography recorded from an oesophageal electrode depends on a reliable signal which is free of artefact. The diaphragm EMG (electromyogram) recorded from chest wall surface electrodes may be unreliable because...

... bilateral anterior magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation diaphragm Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) sniff nasal pressure twitch mouth pressure COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is predicted to become the third most frequent cause of death in the world by 2020...

.... Almitrine increased the ventilatory response to hypercapnia in superior laryngeal nerve-intact but not in sectioned animals. 2. In anaesthetized, vagotomized rats breathing spontaneously through a low-cervical tracheostomy, diaphragm and geniohyoid electromyographic activities were recorded. Arterial blood...

...Juliet M. Miller; John Moxham; Malcolm Green 1. We studied diaphragm function in a total of 64 normal subjects, who had no past or present respiratory or neuromuscular impairment. 2. We measured transdiaphragmatic pressure ( P di) during maximal sniffs and compared these values with P di during...

... diaphragm kidney failure respiratory function tests Clinical Science (1985) 68, 401-406 40 1 Some observations on the role of the abdomen in breathing in patients on peritoneal dialysis A N D R E W BUSH, J U L I E T M I L L E R , A N D R E W J. P E A C O C K , TOM SOPWITH, R O G E R G A B R I E L * A N...

... that contraction of the diaphragm constricts the ‘passive rib cage’, either directly through its insertions or indirectly through the reduction of intrathoracic pressure. In seated subjects the diaphragm causes some expansion of the rib cage at its lower level. Therefore the motion of the rib cage is not only...

... the lung may alter the pattern of vagal afferent activity, independent of an overall change in lung volume. 21 1 1974 © 1974 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1974 breath-holding control of breathing diaphragm Clinical Science and Molecular Medicine (1974) 47...