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Investigation of the Correlation of Surface Respiratory EMG With Esophageal Diaphragm EMG
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating inspiratory threshold load device and NPPV for COPD. Completed, enrolled 20 participants.
Detailed Summary
The most significant pathophysiology change of COPD patients is persistent incompletely reversible airflow obstruction and increased lung volume. As a result, the work of breathing(WB) and neural respiratory drive (NRD)increased. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) can reduce the load of respiratory muscles. Detection of NRD can be the index of monitoring for titration of optimal level of ventilator support in the future. As electromyography(EMG) is the most reliable measurement in evaluating NRD that can be used for human. Currently the standard method for evaluation of NRD with EMG is using esophageal multi-paired electrodes catheter(EMGdi) ,it is reliable but invasive .Surface respiratory EMG (sEMG）is a noninvasive measurement. Although it subjected to contamination and less sensitive, recently, advance in technology with multiple pair of surface electrodes is possible to sufficient signals for evaluation of NRD.So the investigator compare the NRD measured by EMGdi and sEMG,and consider that the correlation between them is well in different levels.
Study Details
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Interventions
before experiment ,every subject use a flanged mouthpiece attached to a manually operated occlusion valve in order to measure maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP)at functional residual capacity . healthy subjects:increase the pressure in a water-sealed inspiratory threshold loading device in order to increase the neural respiratory drive. COPD patients:increase the pressure in a non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in order to decrease the neural respiratory drive