The Short-Term Effect of Breathing Tasks Via an Incentive Spirometer on Lung Function Compared With Autogenic Drainage in Subjects With Cystic Fibrosis.

BACKGROUND: Forced expiration may assist secretion movement by manipulating airway dynamics in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Expiratory resistive breathing via a handheld incentive spirometer has the potential to control the expiratory flow via chosen resistances (1-8 mm) and thereby mobilize...

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Publicado en:Respiratory Care Vol. 60; no. 12; pp. 1819 - 1826
Autores principales: Sokol, Gil, Vilozni, Daphna, Hakimi, Ran, Lavie, Moran, Sarouk, Ifat, Bar, Bat-El, Dagan, Adi, Ofek, Miryam, Efrati, Ori
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Dec2015
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