A previous study using spirometric methods demonstrated that 42% of subjects with tetraplegia experienced significant bronchodilation following inhalation of metaproterenol sulfate (MS). Comparative studies involving subjects with paraplegia were not performed and none has been performed in this population using body plethysmography, a more sensitive method used to assess airway responsiveness....

Spirometry, body plethysmography, maximal expiratory flow-volume curves (MEFV-curves) with air and with heliox (80% He + 20% O2) before and after inhalation of bronchodilators were studied in a group of 20 adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Most of them showed prominent bronchial obstruction and seven also had evidence of restrictive pulmonary disease. Large differences were observed between ...

The widespread use of genetically altered mouse models of experimental asthma has stimulated the development of lung function techniques in vivo to characterize the functional results of genetic manipulations. Here, we describe various classical and recent methods of measuring airway responsiveness in vivo including both invasive methodologies in anesthetized, intubated mice (repetitive/non-rep...

Assessment of body fat (BF) in pregnant women is important when investigating the relationship between maternal nutrition and offspring health. Convenient and accurate body composition methods applicable during pregnancy are therefore needed. Air displacement plethysmography, as applied in Bod Pod, represents such a method since it can assess body volume (BV) which, in combination with body wei...