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J Appl Physiol 46: 709-715, 1979;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 46, Issue 4 709-715, Copyright © 1979 by American Physiological Society

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Contribution of rib cage and abdomen-diaphragm to tidal volume during CO2 rebreathing

L. D. Pengelly, A. M. Tarshis and A. S. Rebuck

In man, there is wide interindividual range in the tidal volume response to CO2. To determine which (rib cage or abdomen-diaphragm) compartment had a greater influence on this range, ventilatory response to CO2 was measured, using Read's method, in eight men and two women seated in a constant-pressure body plethysmograph. Rib cage and abdominal tidal volume was simultaneously measured using magnetometers. Correcting for body size, the tidal volume response of the abdominal compartment was similar in all subjects, whereas that of the rib cage was larger in subjects with high tidal volume response to CO2; a significant correlation was found (P less than 0.01). Rib cage volume displacement lagged behind abdominal in all subjects; phase lag was greatest in the subject with the lowest ventilatory response to CO2. These results suggest that, at high levels of ventilation, a larger volume displacement of the rib cage may reflect a more effective coupling of the diaphragm pressure generator to it or alternatively a reduction in its impedance relative to the abdominal compartment.


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