Thoracoabdominal asynchrony: Two methods in healthy, COPD, and interstitial lung disease patients.

Thoracoabdominal asynchrony is the nonparallel motion of the ribcage and abdomen. It is estimated by using respiratory inductive plethysmography and, recently, using optoelectronic plethysmography; however the agreement of measurements between these 2 techniques is unknown. Therefore, the present st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mayra Caleffi Pereira, Desiderio Cano Porras, Adriana Claudia Lunardi, Cibele Cristine Berto Marques da Silva, Renata Cléia Claudino Barbosa, Letícia Zumpano Cardenas, Renata Pletsch, Jeferson George Ferreira, Isac de Castro, Celso Ricardo Fernandes de Carvalho, Pedro Caruso, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Carvalho, André Luis Pereira de Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5540557?pdf=render