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Background Studies

Following is a list of studies on breathing, respiratory muscle training, and others that served as the foundation of PowerLung.

A Target Fedback Device For Ventilatory Muscle Training Michael J. Belman, MD, and Reza Shadmehr, MS	View
Respiratory muscle training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: inspiratory, expiratory, or both? Weiner P., McConnell A., Department of Medicine A, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.	View
Inspiratory muscle training in patients with bronchial asthma. Weiner P., Azgad Y., Ganam R., Weiner M., Department of Medicine A, Hillel-Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.	View
Running & FitNews 17:2, Feb, 1999	View
The inspiratory muscles can be trained differentially to increase strength or endurance using a pressure threshold inspiratory muscle training device. Caine M.P. and McConnell A.K., Eur. Respir. J. 12:58S, 1998.	View
Respiratory muscle training Pardy, R. L., Rairbarn M.S.,Blackie, S.P. Problems in RESPIRATORY CARE, 3(3):483-492 and Clinics in Chest Medicine, 9(2), 287-296, 1988.	View
Pressure-flow specificity of inspiratory muscle training. Tzelepis, G.E., Vega, D.L., Cohen, M.E., Fulambarker, A.M., Patel, K.K. and McCool, F.D.. J. Appl Physiol. 77(2):795-801, 1994	View
Measurement of inspiratory muscle performance with incremental threshold loading. Martyn, J. B., Moreno, R. H., ParZ, P. D. and Pardy, R. L. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis 135(9):19-23, 1987	View
Expiratory muscle fatigue in normal subjects Suzuki, S., Suzuki J., and Okubo, T. J. Appl. Physiol. 70(6): 2632-2639, 1991	View
Expiratory muscle training increases pressure support in high school students. Sapienza C.M., Davenport P.W., Martin, A.D.	View
Threshold effects of respiratory muscle work on limb vascular resistance. A. William Sheel, P. Alexander Derchak, David F. Pegelow, and Jerome A. Dempsey; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Population Health Sciences, John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine	View
Effects of respiratory muscle work on exercise performance. Craig A. Harms, Thomas J. Wetter, Claudette M. St. Croix, David F. Pegelow, and Jerome A. Dempsey; John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, Department Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin; and Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University	View