Motor Imagery Practice to Improve Respiratory and Cough Function.

ABSTRACT: Motor imagery practice (MP), or visualizing performing a task without executing it, is an effective intervention for the limbs and tongue. However, MP of expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) and voluntary cough (VC) has not been explored. We examined the feasibility and impact of MP of VC and EMST on pulmonary and cough function in twenty community-dwelling adults. Participants underwent two baseline research evaluations of maximum expiratory and inspiratory pressure (MEP, MIP), forced vital capacity (FVC), voluntary peak expiratory flow rate (PEF), and cough spirometry. After the second research evaluation, participants underwent five weeks of MP of VC or EMST (alternating assignment, 25 repetitions, 70% training load, daily) at home with weekly telehealth sessions. Participants und

SUBMITTER: Donohue C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12479617 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature