Optoelectronic plethysmography to evaluate the effect of posture on breathing kinematics in spinal cord injury: a cross sectional study (original) (raw)

European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine, 2015

Abstract

Spinal cord injured patients often suffer from respiratory muscles impairment. Spirometry studies showed that in supine position Vital Capacity increases in such patients since diaphragm increases its inspiratory excursion. To our opinion, however, respiratory kinematics in spinal cord injured patients is disadvantaged in supine position. To evaluate the effect of posture (sitting and supine) on respiratory kinematics in chronic spinal cord injured patients using optoelectronic plethysmography. Cross-sectional study. Outpatients referring to the Movement Analysis Laboratory of a Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit. Twenty chronic spinal cord injured patients (9 tetraplegics, with lesional level ranging from C3 to C7 and 11 paraplegics with lesional level ranging from T1 to T8) and twenty healthy subjects matched for gender, age and smoking habits. All subjects underwent optoelectronic evaluation in sitting and supine position during quiet breathing and hyperventilation. Additi...

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