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J Appl Physiol 55: 1825-1829, 1983;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 55, Issue 6 1825-1829, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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Factors influencing glottic dimensions during forced expiration

T. Brancatisano, D. Dodd and L. A. Engel

To examine the relationship between expiratory effort, expiratory flow, and glottic aperture, we compared the effects of actively and passively produced changes in flow in six normal subjects. During flow transients of 1.08 +/- 0.08 l/s produced by voluntary expiratory effort, glottic width (dg) increased by 54 +/- 13% (mean +/- SE). In contrast transient increases in expiratory flow, produced passively by chest compression, were not accompanied by increases in glottic dimensions. Similarly, when subjects expired through a resistance, transient passive increases in mouth pressure of 8.1 +/- 0.8 cmH2O failed to increase glottic width. However, when similar positive-pressure transients were produced actively, dg increased by 97 +/- 36% even though the expiratory efforts were accompanied by relatively small increases in flow (0.20 +/- 0.05 l/s). During tidal breathing glottic widening commenced 160 +/- 60 ms before the onset of inspiratory flow, whereas the widening associated with active flow and pressure transients did not measurably precede the onset of the change in flow or pressure. Our results indicate that transient expulsive efforts are associated with synchronous increases in dg, regardless of whether expiratory flow increases. The findings are most readily explained by a centrally determined synchronous recruitment of intrinsic laryngeal and expiratory muscles that facilitates lung emptying by minimizing airway resistance during forced exhalation.


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