ReviewPediatric investigation2018
Input oscillometry and the forced oscillation technique for assessing lung function in preschool children with asthma.
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- Global Research Trends in Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) and Impulse Oscillometry System (IOS): A Bibliometric Analysis of Impact and Emerging Areas.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Preschool Oscillometry and Later Asthma-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- It's not all about small airways disease: key limitations of oscillometry interpretation.Frontiers in allergy · 2026Review
- Preschool impulse oscillometry predicts active asthma and impaired lung function at school age.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2024Article
- The use of stringed instruments as an analogy to explain oscillation mechanics of the developing normal and diseased respiratory system.Pediatric pulmonology · 2024Article
- Maternal vitamin D status modifies the effects of early life tobacco exposure on child lung function.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2023Article
- Exploring the 175-year history of spirometry and the vital lessons it can teach us today.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2021Review
- Low gestational vitamin D level and childhood asthma are related to impaired lung function in high-risk children.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2021Article
- "Reactance inversion" at low frequencies in a child undergoing treatment of a cystic fibrosis exacerbation.Pediatric investigation · 2019Article
- Input oscillometry and the forced oscillation technique for assessing lung function in preschool children with asthma.Pediatric investigation · 2018Review
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Abstract
Preschool children with asthma present a challenge in lung function testing, as they cannot readily cooperate with spirometry. The forced oscillation technique (FOT) measures passive pressures and flows delivered by a loudspeaker to a facemask, at frequencies much higher than those occurring physiologically. This in turn allows for rapid collection of data from a spontaneously breathing child in a timespan of seconds. However, at very rapid oscillatory flow rates, the mechanical properties opposing flows into and out of the respiratory system (collectively termed the respiratory system impedance, and comprised of elastic, resistive and inertial components) are very different from at normal breathing frequencies, with elastic properties being less important and inertial properties being more important. An understanding of how the respiratory system behaves at high frequencies is essential to understanding the physiological basis of this technique. This article presents a way to understand these oscillatory mechanics of the respiratory system. It then describes studies of the FOT in normal preschool children and in children with asthma. The technique can also measure the separate contributions of the central and peripheral airways, as well as assess for changes after bronchodilator administration. The FOT holds promise for the objective measurement of lung function in children who are too young to reliably perform spirometry.
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