Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1822-1827, December 2009

A simple and portable breathing circuit designed for ventilatory muscle endurance training (VMET)

  • Dahlia Y. Balaban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • ,
  • Rosemary Regan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • ,
  • Alexandra Mardimae

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • ,
  • Marat Slessarev

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • ,
  • Jay S. Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • ,
  • Greg D. Wells

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • ,
  • James Duffin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • ,
  • Steve Iscoe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Queen's University, 18 Stuart Street, Botterell Hall, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    • ,
  • Joseph A. Fisher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 710 6908; fax: +1 416 597 1330.
    • ,
  • David Preiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, and Thornhill Research Inc., 70 Peter Street, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 2G5

Received 2 January 2009; accepted 19 July 2009. published online 13 August 2009.

To access this article, please choose from the options below

Login to an existing account or Register a new account.

  • Purchase this article for 31.50 USD (You must login/register to purchase this article)

    Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded as your permanent record.

  • Subscribe to this title

    Get unlimited online access to this article and all other articles in this title 24/7 for one year.

  • Claim access now

    For current subscribers with Society Membership or Account Number.

  • Visit SciVerse ScienceDirect to see if you have access via your institution.

PII: S0954-6111(09)00245-5

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.07.012

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1822-1827, December 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution