A simple dynamic model of respiratory pump.
To study the interaction of forces that produce chest wall motion, we propose a model based on the lever system of Hillman and Finucane (J Appl Physiol 63(3):951-961, 1987) and introduce some dynamic properties of the respiratory system. The passive elements (rib cage and abdomen) are considered as elastic compartments linked to the open air via a resistive tube, an image of airways. The respiratory muscles (active) force is applied to both compartments. Parameters of the model are identified in using experimental data of airflow signal measured by pneumotachography and rib cage and abdomen signals measured by respiratory inductive plethysmography on eleven healthy volunteers in five conditions: at rest and with four level of added loads. A breath by breath analysis showed, whatever the individual and the condition are, that there are several breaths on which the airflow simulated by our model is well fitted to the airflow measured by pneumotachography as estimated by a determination coefficient R(2) > or = 0.70. This very simple model may well represent the behaviour of the chest wall and thus may be useful to interpret the relative motion of rib cage and abdomen during quiet breathing.
Calabrese
Pascale
P
Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG, UMR 5525, Pavillon Taillefer Faculté de médecine de Grenoble , Université Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS, 38700 La Tronche, France. Pascale.Calabrese@imag.fr
Baconnier
Pierre
P
Laouani
Aicha
A
Fontecave-Jallon
Julie
J
Guméry
Pierre-Yves
PY
Eberhard
André
A
Benchetrit
Gila
G
D000005:Abdomen / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement; D010991:Plethysmography; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D012272:Ribs / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult