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Inspiratory muscle training for asthma

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, September 2013
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Title
Inspiratory muscle training for asthma
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, September 2013
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd003792.pub2
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Ivanizia S Silva, Guilherme AF Fregonezi, Fernando AL Dias, Cibele TD Ribeiro, Ricardo O Guerra, Gardenia MH Ferreira

Abstract

In some people with asthma, expiratory airflow limitation, premature closure of small airways, activity of inspiratory muscles at the end of expiration and reduced pulmonary compliance may lead to lung hyperinflation. With the increase in lung volume, chest wall geometry is modified, shortening the inspiratory muscles and leaving them at a sub-optimal position in their length-tension relationship. Thus, the capacity of these muscles to generate tension is reduced. An increase in cross-sectional area of the inspiratory muscles caused by hypertrophy could offset the functional weakening induced by hyperinflation. Previous studies have shown that inspiratory muscle training promotes diaphragm hypertrophy in healthy people and patients with chronic heart failure, and increases the proportion of type I fibres and the size of type II fibres of the external intercostal muscles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, its effects on clinical outcomes in patients with asthma are unclear.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 569 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 89 15%
Student > Master 78 14%
Researcher 41 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 40 7%
Student > Postgraduate 38 7%
Other 97 17%
Unknown 193 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 139 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 107 19%
Sports and Recreations 26 5%
Social Sciences 20 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 3%
Other 55 10%
Unknown 212 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 April 2014.
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#15,060,256
of 26,181,776 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#10,681
of 13,190 outputs
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#111,036
of 211,617 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#188
of 235 outputs
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