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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 1 8-11, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society
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I. Homma, T. Obata, M. Sibuya and M. Uchida
The effects of bilateral alternating out-of-phase vibrations were studied in 10 normal healthy subjects and five asthmatic patients. The second or third intercostal spaces were vibrated during expiration, and the seventh to ninth intercostal spaces were vibrated during inspiration. Most subjects sensed breathlessness during such vibrations, and 100 Hz was most effective. The degree of breathlessness correlated positively with increased respiratory rate. Respiratory rate increased from 14.1 +/- 3.78 (mean +/- SD) to 22.3 +/- 7.14 breaths/min (P less than 0.05) during relatively severe breathlessness and to 20.39 +/- 5.66 breaths/min (P less than 0.05) during less uncomfortable sensation. Slight or negligible breathlessness induced no significant increase in rate (15.33 +/- 4.19 breaths/min). All asthma patients described the sensations during vibration as similar to those during asthma attacks, and their respiratory rates increased 20.7 +/- 11.03% during 100 Hz vibration (P less than 0.01). It is suggested that the uncomfortable sensation of breathlessness may be induced by muscle spindles in the intercostal muscles being activated out of phase with the respiratory cycle. The central mechanism that receives the intercostal afferents may have a certain gate that operates in relation to the sensation of breathlessness.
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