[Purpose] This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the correlation between the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) and diaphragmatic motion during breathing. [Subjects] The subjects of this study were 20 healthy female students who listened to an explanation of the study methods, purpose and agreed to participate in the experiment. [Methods] Radiograph equipment was used to examine diaphrag...

A common classification of cerebral vasculitis uses the size of the affected arteries and the etiology of the wall inflammation, but this classification scheme was established for systemic disease rather than cerebral disease [1,2,3,4]. Another way to classify cerebral vasculitis has been proposed by Kuker [4] dividing it into large vessel vasculitis (LVV), medium vessel vasculitis (MVV), and s...

In this study, the effect of 12-week basic swimming training sports science students on some respiratory parameters was determined. 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades Gümüşhane University School Physical Education Sports, 64 (111) male who did not take lessons 47 took participated voluntarily. The experimental group given breath work for 12 weeks during course content 10 minutes at end. Measurements were ...

An electronic spirometer which utllizee a thermistor end an linearizing circuit, was evaluated. When compared to a Collins 13.5 liter water seal spirometer, 60 test results from 30 patienls revealed no clinically significant difference in forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEVih or maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV). The device was found durable Pnd highly use...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Cutaneous vasculitis has protean clinical manifestations. It may be idiopathic or associated with a spectrum of conditions such as infections, drugs, etc. Skin is involved in both small vessel vasculitis (SVV) and medium vessel vasculitis (MVV). Overlapping features are seen between SVV and MVV. The histopathological features may not always relate with the clinical lesio...

Objectives: To compare the physical performance and responses obtained in the six-minute walking test (6MWT) and the six-minute step test (6MST) between asthmatic and healthy adolescents; and to investigate the relationship between the responses obtained in the tests and the body mass index (BMI), physical activity level and spirometric variables. Methods: Nineteen asthmatic adolescents (AG) an...

Multivariate visualization (MVV) aims to provide insight into complex data sets with many variables. The analyst's goal may be to understand how one variable interacts with another, to identify potential correlations between variables, or to understand patterns of a variable's behavior over the domain. Summary statistics and spatially abstracted plots of statistical measures or analyses are unl...

Rationale: This study quantitatively measured the effects of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) on spirometry, static and dynamic lung and chest wall volume subdivision mechanics, and cardiopulmonary exercise measures. Methods: Patients with severe COPD (mean FEV1 = 23 ± 6% predicted) undergoing LVRS evaluation were recruited. Spirometry, plethysmography and exercise capacity were obtained wi...

BACKGROUND Theophylline is a well known bronchodilator which has been used for more than 50 years in the treatment of obstructive pulmonary diseases. In patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease whose cardiopulmonary performance is limited by their ventilatory capacity the administration of theophylline may improve exercise performance. METHODS A randomised, placebo controlle...

Amiloride, a Na+ channel blocker, and frusemide, an inhibitor of the Na+/K+/2Cl- co-transporter on the basolateral surface of airway epithelial cells, have the potential to affect water transport across the airway epithelium. As isocapnic hyperventilation challenge (ISH) with dry air may provoke airway narrowing in asthmatic subjects by dehydrating the airways, inhaled amiloride and frusemide m...