The respiratory muscles have been studied extensively during the last 20 yrs. This interest was triggered predominantly by the observation made by ROUSSOS and MACKLEM [1] that the respiratory muscles, like all other skeletal muscles, may fatigue. Subsequent research critically examined the significance of inspiratory muscle fatigue in clinical pulmonary medicine. The conclusion of this research...

The relationship between pulmonary volume-related feedback and inspiratory (CTI) and expiratory (CTE) phase durations during cough was determined. Cough was produced in anesthetized cats by mechanical stimulation of the intrathoracic tracheal lumen. During eupnea, the animals were exposed to single-breath inspiratory and expiratory resistive loads. Cough was associated with large increases in i...

This systematic review examines levels of evidence and recommendation grades of various therapeutic interventions of inspiratory muscle training in people who have had a stroke. Benefits from different levels of force and resistance in respiratory muscles are shown in this population. This review was conducted following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analy...