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J Appl Physiol 66: 273-277, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 1 273-277, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Transmission of sound generated by sternal percussion

A. B. Bohadana and S. S. Kraman
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky.

We indirectly determined the transmission path of sound generated by sternal percussion in five healthy subjects. We percussed the sternum of each subject while recording the output audio signal at the posterior left and right upper and lower lung zones. Sound measurements were done during apnea at functional residual capacity, total lung capacity, and residual volume both with the lungs filled with air and with an 80% He-20% O2 (heliox) gas mixture. Three acoustic indexes were calculated from the output sound pulse: the peak-to-peak amplitude, the peak frequency, and the mid-power frequency. We found that the average values of all indexes tended to be greater in the upper than in the ipsilateral lower lung zones. In the upper zones, peak-to-peak amplitude was greater at total lung capacity and residual volume than at functional residual capacity. Replacing air with heliox did not change these results. These experiments, together with others performed during Mueller and Valsalva maneuvers, suggest that resonance of the chest cage is the predominant factor determining the transmission of sternal percussion sounds to the posterior chest wall. The transmission seems to be only minimally affected by the acoustic characteristics of the lung parenchyma.


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