Unveiling the Respiratory Muscle Strength in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: The Impact of Nutrition and Thoracic Deformities, Beyond Spirometry.
Mine Yuksel KalyoncuYasemin GokdemirCansu Yilmaz YegitMuruvvet YanazAynur GulievaMerve SelcukŞeyda KarabulutNeval Metin ÇakarPinar ErgenekonEla E R D E M EralpGülten ÖztürkOlcay UnverDilsad TurkdoganYavuz SahbatAhmet Hamdi AkgülleFazilet KarakoçBülent Taner KaradağPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
To accurately assess respiratory muscle strength, supine FVC should be combined with upright FVC, MIP, MEP, and SNIP measurements. It is crucial to regularly screen patients for nutrition, as this can significantly affect respiratory muscle function during pulmonology follow-up.