ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2023
Respiratory muscle ultrasonography evaluation and its clinical application in stroke patients: A review.
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- The effect of breathing training on swallowing function in patients with neurogenic dysphagia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Pooled it
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- Association between pulmonary function and balance, motor function, and trunk stability in stroke survivors.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Test-retest reliability of a novel unilateral thoracic expansion measurement using stretchable strain sensors.Journal of physical therapy science · 2025Article
- Measuring diaphragmatic excursion using 4-dimensional ultrasound: a feasibility study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Acute Effects of Diaphragmatic Breathing on Trunk and Shoulder Mobility and Pulmonary Function in Healthy Young Adults.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Role of ultrasonography in assessing respiratory muscle loss: insights from a cross-sectional study on neurological patients with long-term bed rest with and without tracheostomy.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- The investigation of ultrasound to assess lateral abdominal wall activation with different types of core exercises.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
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- Perioperative Diaphragm Dysfunction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Determination of the Utility of Parasternal Intercostal Muscle Activity in Critically Ill Patients as a Predictor of Weaning Failure and its Association with Weaning-induced Pulmonary Edema.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
- The role of extradiaphragmatic muscles' ultrasound on the diagnosis and follow-up of diaphragmatic dysfunction associated with cervical septic arthritis: A case report and literature review.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
Background: Respiratory muscle ultrasound is a widely available, highly feasible technique that can be used to study the contribution of the individual respiratory muscles related to respiratory dysfunction. Stroke disrupts multiple functions, and the respiratory function is often significantly decreased in stroke patients. Method: A search of the MEDLINE, Web of Science, and PubMed databases was conducted. We identified studies measuring respiratory muscles in healthy and patients by ultrasonography. Two reviewers independently extracted and documented data regarding to the criteria. Data were extracted including participant demographics, ultrasonography evaluation protocol, subject population, reference values, etc. Result: A total of 1954 participants from 39 studies were included. Among them, there were 1,135 participants from 19 studies on diaphragm, 259 participants from 6 studies on extra-diaphragmatic inspiratory muscles, and 560 participants from 14 studies on abdominal expiratory muscles. The ultrasonic evaluation of diaphragm and abdominal expiratory muscle thickness had a relatively typically approach, while, extra-diaphragmatic inspiratory muscles were mainly used in ICU that lack of a consistent paradigm. Conclusion: Diaphragm and expiratory muscle ultrasound has been widely used in the assessment of respiratory muscle function. On the contrary, there is not enough evidence to assess extra-diaphragmatic inspiratory muscles by ultrasound. In addition, the thickness of the diaphragm on the hemiplegic side was lower than that on the non-hemiplegic side in stroke patients. For internal oblique muscle (IO), rectus abdominis muscle (RA), transversus abdominis muscle (TrA), and external oblique muscle (EO), most studies showed that the thickness on the hemiplegic side was lower than that on the non-hemiplegic side.
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