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J Appl Physiol 72: 1461-1465, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 72, Issue 4 1461-1465, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Action of human respiratory muscles inferred from finite element analysis of rib cage

S. H. Loring
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

The actions of several human respiratory muscles have been inferred from finite element analysis of the rib cage. The human model is based on anatomic and mechanical measurements in dogs and human cadavers. As in an earlier canine model, the external and internal (interosseous) intercostal muscles were found to cause, respectively, inspiratory and expiratory displacements of the rib cage, in agreement with the two-dimensional geometric analysis of Hamberger. When extended to three dimensions, Hamberger's analysis helps explain why muscles at the side of the rib cage produce changes in the anteroposterior diameter, whereas muscles at the front and back of the rib cage cause changes in the transverse diameter.


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