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  • Title: Pursed lips breathing improves ventilation in myotonic muscular dystrophy.
    Author: Ugalde V, Breslin EH, Walsh SA, Bonekat HW, Abresch RT, Carter GT.
    Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 2000 Apr; 81(4):472-8. PubMed ID: 10768538.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of pursed lips breathing on ventilation, chest wall mechanics, and abdominal muscle recruitment in myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD). DESIGN: Before-after trial. SETTING: University hospital pulmonary function laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Eleven subjects with MMD and 13 normal controls. INTERVENTION: Pursed lips breathing. OUTCOME MEASURES: Electromyographic (EMG) activity of the transversus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, and rectus abdominis was recorded with simultaneous measures of gastric pressure, abdominal plethysmography, and oxygen saturation. Self-reported sensations of dyspnea, respiratory effort, and fatigue were recorded at the end of each trial. RESULTS: Pursed lips breathing and deep breathing led to increased tidal volume, increased minute ventilation, increased oxygen saturation, reduced respiratory rate, and reduced endexpiratory lung volume. Dyspnea, respiratory effort, and fatigue increased slightly with pursed lips breathing. EMG activity of the transversus abdominis and internal oblique muscles increased in MMD only and was associated with an increase in gastric pressure. CONCLUSIONS: Pursed lips breathing and deep breathing are effective and easily employed strategies that significantly improve tidal volume and oxygen saturation in subjects with MMD. Abdominal muscle recruitment does not explain the ventilatory improvements, but reduced end-expiratory lung volume may increase the elastic recoil of the chest wall. Further clinical studies are needed to ascertain if the ventilatory improvements with pursed lips breathing and deep breathing improve pulmonary outcomes in MMD.
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