Title :
Lung capacities of cerebral palsied individuals
Author :
Fernandez, Jeffrey E. ; Pitetti, Kenneth H. ; Rowe, Kent ; Lanciault, Monique
Author_Institution :
Wichita State Univ., KS, USA
Abstract :
The effectiveness of using portable spirometric techniques on cerebral palsied (CP) individuals to measure lung capacity was investigated. Nondisabled and CP individuals were administered field spirometric tests. There were significant differences between the populations in forced vital capacity (FVC) and one-second forced expiratory volume (FEV1) but not between the FEV/FVC ratios. The results suggest that CP individuals could have a restrictive rather than obstructive pulmonary impairment
Keywords :
brain; pneumodynamics; cerebral palsied individuals; forced expiratory volume; forced vital capacity; lung capacity; portable spirometric techniques; pulmonary impairment; Blades; Fatigue; Force measurement; Gain measurement; Industrial engineering; Lungs; Optical wavelength conversion; Performance evaluation; Testing; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96412
