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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 6 1961-1970, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society


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Dependence of diaphragmatic length on lung volume and thoracoabdominal configuration

S. H. Loring, J. Mead and N. T. Griscom

Changes in lung volume can be partitioned into volume displacements of the rib cage and abdomen. Abdominal displacements are often used as estimates of diaphragmatic displacements and changes in lengthening of diaphragmatic muscle. We used X-rays, ultrasound, and linear measurements of thoracic and abdominal diameters to estimate relationships among lung volume, thoracoabdominal configuration and diaphragmatic length, and we found that diaphragmatic length was strongly dependent on rib cage as well as abdominal displacement. In three subjects, the diaphragm shortened 57-85% as much during a breath made without abdominal displacement as during a normal breath in which the abdominal wall moved outward with the rib cage. We conclude that changes in diaphragmatic length can be estimated from surface measurements without radiation and that the length of the diaphragm cannot be estimated from displacements of the abdominal wall alone.


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