A patient’s inability to count while holding their breath can be an indication of respiratory distress in myasthenia gravis. A simple breathing and counting exercise may be a meaningful tool to ...
USA: Researchers have found in a new study that among people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF), handgrip strength (HGS) is associated with inspiratory muscle strength and percent-predicted forced ...
Respiratory muscle training moderately improved lung function, especially respiratory muscle strength, in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared with no intervention or sham ...
A series of portable respiratory function tests for patients with mild to moderate myasthenia gravis (MG) were found to be useful methods to diagnose previously unidentified at-risk cases for ...
An upcoming clinical trial conducted by Mayo Clinic seeks to identify new methods for treating post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS), also known as long COVID. The study is teaming up with PN Medical, ...
Myasthenic crisis is a complication of myasthenia gravis (MG) that can cause a breathing emergency. Prevention can involve avoiding known triggers, such as infection, trauma, surgery, or medication ...
Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.
Alice Springs Hospital has made a “significant advancement” after receiving state-of-the-art machines worth $100k.
Sarcopenia is emerging as a potential predictor of adverse outcomes for some solid tumors, but could this physical biomarker effectively stratify risk in patients with non-small cell lung cancer ...