Intra-abdominal Pressures during Voluntary and Reflex Cough

BACKGROUND: Involuntary coughing such as that evoked from the larynx, the laryngeal cough reflex (LCR), triggers a coordinated contraction of the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic muscles, which increases intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), displaces the diaphragm upwards and generates the expiratory force...

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Autores principales: Addington, W Robert, Stephens, Robert E, Phelipa, Michael M, Widdicombe, John G, Ockey, Robin R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2427048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18447952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-4-2

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