Respiratory Medicine
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1737-1743 , December 2008

Sniff and Muller manoeuvres to measure diaphragmatic muscle strength

  • Hélène Prigent

      Affiliations

    • Service de Physiologie – Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Centre d'Investigation Clinique – Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
    • ,
  • David Orlikowski

      Affiliations

    • Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Centre d'Investigation Clinique – Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
    • ,
  • Christophe Fermanian

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Investigation Clinique – Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
    • ,
  • Michèle Lejaille

      Affiliations

    • Service de Physiologie – Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Centre d'Investigation Clinique – Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
    • ,
  • Line Falaize

      Affiliations

    • Service de Physiologie – Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
    • ,
  • Alain Louis

      Affiliations

    • Service de Physiologie – Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
    • ,
  • Brigitte Fauroux

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Pulmonary Department, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, France
    • Inserm UMR-S 893, Équipe 12, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 75012 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Frédéric Lofaso

      Affiliations

    • Service de Physiologie – Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Centre d'Investigation Clinique – Innovations Technologiques, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France
    • Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
    • Inserm UMR 841, 94000 Créteil, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de Physiologie – Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France. Tel.: +33 1 47 10 79 41; fax: +33 1 47 10 79 43.

Received 2 May 2008 ,Accepted 3 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.07.004

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1737-1743 , December 2008

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