August 15, 2005Respiration

Breathing Movements and Breathing Patterns among Healthy Men and Women 20–69 Years of Age

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Population

100 healthy individuals aged between 20 and 69 years.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MRMaría RagnarsdóttirReykjavík University EKElla K. KristinsdottirUniversity of Iceland

Discussion

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Implication

Sex differences in deep breathing movements may warrant sex-specific norms; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.

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Population

100 healthy individuals (50 men, mean age 47.8 years; 50 women, mean age 43.4 years) aged between 20 and 69 years.

Intervention

Measurement of anterior-posterior breathing movements of the upper and lower thorax and abdomen bilaterally during quiet breathing and deep breathing using a respiratory movement measuring instrument.

Outcome

Breathing movements and patterns (range, type, symmetry, rhythm and frequency of breathing movements).surrogate

Healthy men and women have similar breathing movements during quiet breathing, but women exhibit significantly less abdominal movement during deep breathing, indicating a need for sex-specific reference values for deep breathing.

Cite This Study

Ragnarsdóttir et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6ff98926a7f98052dc8495 https://doi.org/10.1159/000087456

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Implication

Sex differences in deep breathing movements may warrant sex-specific norms; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.