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1184508

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
We studied lung mechanics and regional lung function in five young men during restrictive chest strapping. The effects on lung mechanics were similar to those noted by others in that lung elastic recoil increased as did maximum expiratory flow at low lung volumes. Chest strapping reduced the maximum expiratory flow observed at a given elastic recoil pressure. Breathing helium increased maximum expiratory flow less when subjects were strapped than when they were not. These findings indicated that strapping decreased the caliber of airways upstream from the equal pressure point. Regional lung volumes from apex to base were measured with xenon 133 while subjects were seated. The distribution of regional volumes was measured at RV, and at volumes equal to strapped FRC and strapped TLC; no change due to chest strapping was observed. Similarly, the regional distribution of 133Xe boluses inhaled at RV and strapped TLC was unaffected by chest strapping. Closing capacity decreased with chest strapping. We concluded that airway closure decreased during chest strapping and that airway closure was not the cause of the observed increase in elastic recoil of the lung. The combination of decreased slope of the static pressure-volume curve and unchanged regional volumes suggested that strapping increased the apex-to-base pleural pressure gradient.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-8987
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
707-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of chest strapping on regional lung function.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article