Noninvasive assessment of respiratory muscle strength and activity in Myotonic dystrophy.

Morgana de Araújo EvangelistaFernando Augusto Lavezzo DiasMário Emílio Teixeira Dourado JúniorGeorge Carlos do NascimentoAntonio SarmentoLucien Peroni GualdiAndrea AlivertiVanessa ResquetiGuilherme Augusto de Freitas Fregonezi

Published in: PloS one (2017)

MD1 subjects presented restrictive pattern, reduced respiratory muscle strength, muscular electrical activity and MRR when compared to higher compared to controls. In addition, the lower MRR found in MD1 subjects showed to be reliable to sensitivity and specificity in identifying the delayed relaxation of respiratory muscles.

Keyphrases

molecular dynamics
respiratory tract