PMID: 3320008Oct 1, 1987Paper

Effect of a previous voluntary deep breath on laryngeal resistance in normal and asthmatic subjects

Journal of Applied Physiology
K SekizawaT Takishima

Abstract

We studied changes in both laryngeal resistance (Rla) and respiratory resistance (Rrs) after a voluntary deep breath in 7 normal and 20 asthmatic subjects. Rla was measured using a low-frequency sound method (Sekizawa et al. J. Appl. Physiol. 55: 591-597, 1983) and Rrs by forced oscillation at 3 Hz. In normal subjects, both Rla and Rrs significantly decreased after a voluntary deep breath (0.05 less than P less than 0.01). During methacholine provocation in the normal subjects, a voluntary deep breath significantly decreased Rrs (0.05 less than P less than 0.01, but Rla was significantly increased (0.05 less than P less than 0.01). In 10 asthmatic subjects in remission, a voluntary deep breath significantly increased Rrs (0.05 less than P less than 0.01) but significantly decreased Rla (0.05 less than P less than 0.01). In another 10 asthmatic subjects during spontaneous mild attacks, a voluntary deep breath significantly increased both Rrs and Rla (0.05 less than P less than 0.01). The present study showed that without obvious bronchoconstriction, Rla decreased after a voluntary deep breath in both normal and asthmatic subjects but, with bronchoconstriction, Rla increased in both groups. Subtraction of the change in Rla from R...Continue Reading

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Oct 1, 1990·The American Review of Respiratory Disease·R PellegrinoV Brusasco
Dec 9, 2000·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine·R H Brown, W Mitzner
Nov 1, 1989·The American Review of Respiratory Disease·R Marthan, A J Woolcock
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May 10, 2002·Pediatric Pulmonology·François MarchalCatherine Moreau-Colson
Feb 2, 2006·The Journal of Asthma : Official Journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma·Tina M EvansJennifer M Baumann

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