title: The effect of acute hemiplegia on intercostal muscle activity.
abstract: We recorded the EMG of parasternal intercostal muscles in 25 patients with flaccid hemiplegia during quiet spontaneous breathing, voluntary hyperventilation, and CO2-induced hyperventilation. The respiratory drive was abnormal on the hemiplegic side and the function of the intercostal muscles was affected specifically during voluntary hyperventilation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Przedborski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brunko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mavroudakis
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: de Beyl
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000503:physiopathology; D007366:Intercostal Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012119:Respiration