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Respiratory muscle training in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
E Rodillo1, C M Noble-Jamieson, V Aber
1Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
Twenty two boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy were entered into a randomised double blind crossover trial to compare respiratory muscle training with a Triflow II inspirometer and 'placebo' training with a mini peak flow meter. Supine posture was associated with significantly impaired lung function, but respiratory muscle training showed no benefit.