Sound-based cough peak flow estimation in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
Bernat Bertran RecasensAna Balañá CorberóJuana María Martínez LlorensAnna Guillen-SolaMontserrat Villatoro MorenoGreta García EscobarYasutaka UmayaharaZu SohToshio TsujiMiguel Angel RubioPublished in: Muscle & nerve (2023)
Our findings suggest that sounds measured with a smartphone app provide a reliable estimate of CPF in patients with neuromuscular disorders, even in the presence of with orofacial weakness. This may be a convenient way to monitor respiratory involvement in patients with neuromuscular disorders, but larger studies of more diverse patient cohorts are needed.