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The Expansion of the Pulmonary Rib Cage during Breath Stacking Is Influenced by Age in Obese Women

OBJECTIVE: To analyze in obese women the acute effects of the breath stacking technique on thoraco-abdominal expansion. DESIGN AND METHODS: Nineteen obese women (BMI≥30 kg/m(2)) were evaluated by anthropometry, spirometry and maximal respiratory muscle pressures and successively analyzed by Opto-Ele...

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Autores principales: Barcelar, Jacqueline de Melo, Aliverti, Andrea, Rattes, Catarina, Ximenes, Maria Eduarda, Campos, Shirley Lima, Brandão, Daniella Cunha, Fregonezi, Guilherme, de Andrade, Armèle Dornelas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4220958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25372469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110959