1 Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit (NRRU), School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK 2 Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of ...

If we asked you what the most important muscle is for stronger cycling, the quads, hamstrings, or even calves might come to mind. After all, your legs do a big share of the labor during every ...

Your diaphragm is a little-discussed muscle that’s responsible for what passes through your digestive tract. While slowing down your breath can slow down your mind, but did you also know it can ...

Evaluation of a patient with diaphragm paralysis includes careful examination, imaging, and respiratory workup. A careful, detailed history of the onset, timing of paralysis, and severity will allow ...

As a consequence to this respiratory paradox, highly trained athletes may develop intrathoracic and extrathoracic obstruction, expiratory flow limitation, respiratory muscle fatigue and ...