Chest Expansion and Lung Function for Healthy Subjects and Individuals With Pulmonary Disease.
BACKGROUND: The purposes of this study were to verify the correlation between chest expansion and lung function within a larger sample of subjects composed of both healthy subjects and subjects affected by pulmonary disease, and to verify the influence of age, body mass index, and gender on chest ex...
| Published in: | Respiratory Care Vol. 66; no. 4; pp. 661 - 669 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Apr2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=149601680&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 149601680 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00201324 4GG jtl: Respiratory Care issn: 00201324 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2021 vid: 66 iid: 4 pid: 1365 pub: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. place: New Rochelle, New York artinfo: ui: 149601680 149601680 149601680 10.4187/respcare.08350 149601680 ppf: 661 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Chest Expansion and Lung Function for Healthy Subjects and Individuals With Pulmonary Disease. aug: au: Derasse, Marion Lefebvre, Stéphanie Liistro, Giuseppe Reychler, Gregory affil: Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium sug: subj: Lung Physiology Lung Diseases Pathology Thorax Body Weights and Measures Human Age Factors Body Mass Index Sex Factors Case Control Studies Spirometry Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Total Lung Capacity Forced Expiratory Volume Vital Capacity Male Female Plethysmography Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Pearson's Correlation Coefficient T-Tests Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: The purposes of this study were to verify the correlation between chest expansion and lung function within a larger sample of subjects composed of both healthy subjects and subjects affected by pulmonary disease, and to verify the influence of age, body mass index, and gender on chest expansion. METHODS: Adults were recruited prospectively when they visited the lung function lab. Chest expansion was measured with a measuring tape at 2 different levels of the rib cage by 1 blinded examiner. Spirometry was performed for each subject. RESULTS: Data from 251 subjects between 18 and 88 y old were collected and analyzed. Among the analyzed subjects, mean upper and lower chest expansion were 4.82 6 1.84 cm and 3.99 6 2.15 cm, respectively. A significant but poor correlation was found between both chest expansion and all lung function parameters (total lung capacity, FVC, and FEV1)(P 5 .01). Negative significant correlations were found between chest expansion and age as well as body mass index. The difference in upper chest expansion between obese and nonobese subjects was not statistically significant, but the difference in lower chest expansion was significant for these 2 groups. Finally, upper and lower chest expansion were not different between males and females. CONCLUSIONS: Based on these results, one cannot validate the use of chest expansion measurement to define lung function. In centers that have easy access to more precise and complete methods to measure lung function, the measurement of chest expansion for diagnostic purposes seems to be archaic. Additionally, age and body mass index are 2 parameters that can influence chest expansion. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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