Pdi breath, mean Pdi developed in one breath; Pdi max, maximal Pdi developed during a voluntary effort against a closed airway; P0, maximal force per unit of diaphragm muscle cross-sectional area; 1/2 RT, one half relaxation time; Ti/Ttot, ratio of inspiratory to total breath duration; T/lim, time at which contractile force fails; TPT, time to peak tension; Tr, time constant of the later monoexponential phase of relaxation; TTdi, tension-time index of diaphragm; V, lung volume.
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Dudley F. Rochester (1985) studied this question.
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