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J Appl Physiol 51: 1515-1525, 1981;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 51, Issue 6 1515-1525, Copyright © 1981 by American Physiological Society

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Pattern of diaphragmatic activity during forced expiratory vital capacity

C. G. Melissinos, E. N. Bruce, M. D. Goldman, E. Elliott and J. Mead

We measured transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) during forced expiratory vital capacity (FVC) maneuvers in 13 normal subjects and electromyographic activity of the diaphragm (edi) in 8 of these subjects. In all subjects, Pdi increased at the initiation of the FVC. In most, this increase lasted 30--50 ms and reached levels well above the Pdi observed at total lung capacity (TLC). After the initial transient increase, approximately half of the subjects demonstrated a substantial fall in Pdi to values near the relaxation level in the mid-vital capacity (VC) volume range, while half showed a second large increase in Pdi in this volume range. Seven of eight subjects tested showed a rapid decrease in Edi at the onset of the FVC, reaching a minimum in 30--50 ms. After this initial transient decrease, Edi increased in six subjects in the mid-VC volume range, in association with secondary rises in Pdi. In two subjects, Edi remained low throughout the remainder of the FVC, and Pdi in the mid VC range was generally lower. These results are consistent with the conclusion that the diaphragm is neither electromyographically silent nor mechanically unimportant during the FVC. Changes in abdominothoracic configuration, superimposed upon "antagonistic" activity of the diaphragm, result in substantial reductions in pleural (esophageal) pressure that may influence regional lung emptying during the FVC.


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