DocumentCode
1861104
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
fYear
1989
fDate
9-12 Nov 1989
Firstpage
1697
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96412
Filename
96412
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