Assessing respiratory mechanics and muscle function is critical for both clinical practice and
research purposes. Several methodological developments over the past two decades have …

Introduction Electromyography (EMG) helps to evaluate disorders and pulmonary behavior,
as impairments in respiratory muscle function are associated with the development of …

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that neural respiratory drive, measured using
diaphragm electromyogram (EMGdi) activity expressed as a percentage of maximum …

Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has consistently been shown to reduce exertional dyspnea
in health and disease; however, the physiological mechanisms remain poorly understood. A …

In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exertional dyspnoea
generally arises when there is imbalance between ventilatory demand and capacity, but the …

Bioimpedance is an unobtrusive noninvasive technique to measure respiration and has a
linear relation with volume during normal breathing. The objective of this paper was to …

Background Inhalation of L-menthol as a transient receptor potential melastatin 8 agonist
induces a cooling sensation in the airway. This cooling sensation induced through olfactory …

Introduction In subjects with obstructive respiratory diseases the increased work of breathing
during exercise can trigger greater recruitment and fatigue of respiratory muscles …

Bioimpedance has been widely studied as alternative to respiratory monitoring methods
because of its linear relationship with respiratory volume during normal breathing. However …

The effect of l-menthol on the sensory-emotional dimensions of laboratory-induced
breathlessness in patients with COPD has been described in a clinical trial. Further studies …