The purpose of this monograph is to describe noninvasive management of respiratory muscle weakness/paralysis for patients with neuromuscular disease (NMD) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) assists and supports inspiratory muscles, whereas mechanically assisted coughing (MAC) simulates an effective cough. Long-term outcomes will be reviewed as well as the use of NIV, MA...

Voluntary breathing-controlled electrical stimulation (BreEStim), a novel non-invasive and non-pharmacological treatment protocol for neuropathic pain management, was reported to selectively reduce the affective component of pain possibly by increasing pain threshold. The underlying mechanisms involved in the analgesic effect of BreEStim were considered to result from combination of multiple in...

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purpose: patterned breathing allows standardized serial measurements of heart rate variability and baroreflex indices. the slow breathing augments these parameters, and regular exercises, including yoga breathing practices with even respiratory rates have long-term beneficial effects in cardiovascular diseases. the role of temporization of breathing phases, i.e. the ratio of expiration to inspi...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks have become an important protective measure for reducing spread of potentially infectious aerosol particles emitted while speaking, coughing, or simply breathing. In this work, a voxel-based numerical model obtained from micro-computed tomography (microCT) scans medical mask was validated by comparing fractional filtration efficiency and net pressure los...

Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have a risk of postoperative complications that result in prolonged hospitalization and even death. Interventions the form phase I cardiac rehabilitation are needed to help speed up recovery process prevent after CABG. Although lot research has been carried out, it is necessary conduct further studies articles regarding interventions ca...

Wet-resistant flexible electronics have acquired increasing attention on applications in wet environments, such as sweaty skin, rainy weather, biological fluids, and underwater. However, it remains challenging to achieve non-swelling underwater self-healing hydrogel sensors for the mechanical perception aqueous solutions. Herein, a non-swellable is successfully fabricated, which presents an aut...

UNLABELLED The exhaled air of infected humans is one of the prime sources of contagious viruses. The exhaled air comes from respiratory events such as the coughing, sneezing, breathing and talking. Accurate information on the thermo-fluid characteristics of the exhaled airflow can be important for prediction of infectious disease transmission. The present study developed a source model to provi...