Respiratory muscle function, assessment, and training.
This article presents a brief overview of respiratory muscle mechanics and the effects of lung disease and neuromuscular disease on pulmonary function. A variety of current specific and general muscle training techniques are described and discussed. Also presented is a current review of training studies and the effects of muscle training on cardiopulmonary function, muscle strength, endurance and fatigue, and exercise tolerance.
D000328:Adult; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D002648:Child; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012119:Respiration; D014939:Work of Breathing