CHANGES IN TIDAL VOLUME, FREQUENCY, AND VENTILATION INDUCED BY THIR MEASUREMENT
CHANGES IN TIDAL VOLUME, FREQUENCY, AND VENTILATION INDUCED BY THIR MEASUREMENT
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1972.33.2.252
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
BRODSKY, J
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作者:
GILBERT, R;AUCHINCL.JH;BRODSKY, J
METHODSThe method has recently been described in detail (5) and is based on principles developed by Konno and Mead(6). Linear motion of the chest wall and abdomen was measured by magnetic coils. A receiver coil for chest motion was placed in the midline a variable distance above the xiphoid to give maximum deflection for quiet breathing; a receiver coil for abdomen motion was placed in the midline 5 cm above the umbilicus. Corresponding exciter coils were placed at the same level on the back. Alternating current: sent to the exciter coils produced a magnetic field which induced a voltage in the receiver coils inversely proportional to the distance between the receiver and exciter coils. The signals from the chest and abdomen receiver coils were added electronically to give a “total” signal, representing the tidal volume. A ratio control altered the relative amplification of chest and abdomen signals, and was adjusted as follows. With the coils in place, the subject breathed in and out of a spirometer; the motion of the spirometer bell was converted to an electrical signal by a torque potentiometer. The subject was asked to take two breaths, one using primarily the rib cage (the chest breath) and one where the chest motion was voluntarily inhibited while the abdomen was protruded during inspiration(the abdomen breath). During these two breaths, three signals were recorded simultaneously on a tape loop: the signal from the chest electrodes, the signal from the abdomen electrodes, and the signal from the spirometer. The signals were then played repeatedly from the tape loop with the chest and abdomen signals feeding through the ratio control before they were combined to give the total signal. The total magnetometer signal and the spirometer signal were put on the axes of an oscilloscope; the resulting signal formed a closed loop. As the tape loop ran the two breaths repeatedly, the ratio control was adjusted until the XY loops representing the two breaths were superimposed. At this point the scaling factors were optimally adjusted. Finally the total magnetometer signal was calibrated against the spirometer signal during a series of breaths of varying depth. If proper superimposition of the chest and abdomen breaths had been achieved, the calibration of the magnetometer against the spirometer was linear.