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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 162, Number 6, December 2000, 2201-2207

Noninvasive Assessment of Inspiratory Muscle Function during Exercise

MAURICE HAYOT, MICHELE RAMONATXO, STEFAN MATECKI, JOSEPH MILIC-EMILI, and CHRISTIAN PREFAUT

Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions-Service Central de Physiologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France; and Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The use of esophageal and gastric balloons limits measurement of the tension-time index of inspiratory muscles (TTI) during exercise. The aim of this study was to assess whether a noninvasive tension-time index, TT0.1, given by P0.1/PImax × TI/Ttot (where P0.1 is mouth occlusion pressure, PImax is maximal inspiratory pressure, and TI/Ttot is duty cycle) could reliably assess TTI during exercise. In seven healthy young men and nine patients with COPD we measured TT0.1 and TTI (i.e., <OVL>Pes</OVL>/Pesmax × TI/Ttot where <OVL>Pes</OVL> is mean esophageal pressure and Pesmax is maximal static Pes) at rest and during an incremental exercise test. A significant linear correlation (p < 0.02) was found between TT0.1 and TTI in all normal subjects and patients with COPD. An equation for estimating TTI from TT0.1 was established for each group. In the normal subjects there was good agreement between estimated and observed data. In five additional normal males studied prospectively, the agreement was also satisfactory and reproducible. In the COPD patients the agreement was poor. In conclusion, in young healthy subjects the changes in TT0.1 during exercise reflect the changes in TTI, allowing satisfactory estimation of TTI from noninvasive measurements of TT0.1.




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