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

Assessing diaphragmatic contractility is a common goal in various situations. This
assessment is mainly based on static or dynamic maximal voluntary maneuvers and twitch …

Study Design. Cross-sectional study. Objective. The present study compared activity of deep
and superficial cervical flexor muscles and craniocervical flexion range of motion during a …

In humans, when the stability of the trunk is challenged in a controlled manner by repetitive
movement of a limb, activity of the diaphragm becomes tonic but is also modulated at the …

The objective of this study was to compare onset of deep and superficial cervical flexor
muscle activity during rapid, unilateral arm movements between ten patients with chronic …

The response of the diaphragm to the postural perturbation produced by rapid flexion of the
shoulder to a visual stimulus was evaluated in standing subjects. Gastric, oesophageal and …

Abstract Background and Purpose. This study evaluated an electromyographic technique for
the measurement of muscle activity of the deep cervical flexor (DCF) muscles …

1. Rapidly conducting corticofugal pathways were activated by percutaneous electrical
stimulation of the motor cortex in normal subjects. The electromyographic response …

Respiratory and skeletal muscle function is of interest in many areas of pulmonary and
critical care medicine. The capacity of the respiratory muscle pump to respond to the load …

The use of esophageal recordings of the diaphragm electromyogram (EMG) signal strength
to evaluate diaphragm activation during voluntary contractions in humans has recently been …