Via practica 2/2006
DIAPHRAGM – FUNCTION, EFFECT, EXAMINATION AND THERAPY
In the diagnosis of weaknes and fatigue of diaphragm we use in our hospital in Podunajské Biskupice Bratislava. „The functional examination of diapragma“. We examine diaphragm at small, middle and maximum contraction. To assess the muscles reaction we use LFR (Low Frequency Ratio) graph. An examination of diaphragm function consist of two parts: 1) at tidal breathing; 2) at resistive inspirium conditions. The result of the examination is a simple graph which we can use also for the rehabilitation or the respiration muscles training. For the first time, the examination is for various types of dyspnoea, weakness or fatigue of diaphragma as well as for various types of paresis and of course plegia.
