ArticleDysphagia2020
Concordant Validity of a Digital Peak Cough Flow Meter to Assess Voluntary Cough Strength in Individuals with ALS.
Article in Dysphagia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Use of Lung Volume Recruitment Technique in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Disease Among Brazilian Health Professionals.Pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of smartphone-based cough data in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a potential predictor of functional disability.PloS one · 2024Article
- The role of lung volume recruitment therapy in neuromuscular disease: a narrative review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Review
- Rehabilitation of Airway Protection in Individuals With Movement Disorders: A Telehealth Feasibility Study.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2022Article
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- Comment on 'Concordant Validity of a Digital Peak Cough Flow Meter to Assess Voluntary Cough Strength in Individuals with ALS'.Dysphagia · 2020Article
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Abstract
Peak cough flow represents an important metric directly related to the physiologic ability of an individual to defend the airway or expel tracheal aspirate. Given the high prevalence of dysphagia and dystussia in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and recent findings that the expiratory phase of voluntary cough is significantly impaired in ALS individuals, we aimed to determine the reproducibility of an affordable, portable peak cough flow (PCF) meter for the assessment of cough production in individuals with ALS. 109 individuals with ALS completed voluntary cough testing using both the research cough spirometry equipment and a digital peak cough flow meter. Maximum peak expiratory cough flow rates were obtained from each device. Analyses included paired t test, Pearson's correlation, and Lin's concordance correlation to determine the degree of agreement and reproducibility between cough measurement devices (alpha = 0.05). Mean differences between peak cough flow test values (L/min) across instruments were not statistically significant (mean difference = - 2.93; 95% CI - 18.67, 12.82; p = 0.713). PCF values obtained from the digital peak cough flow meter and the research cough spirometry equipment were strongly associated (r = 0.826, p < 0.000) and demonstrated a high level of agreement and reproducibility (ρ
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