Reference Values for Inspiratory Muscle Endurance in Healthy Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To generate reference values for two inspiratory muscle endurance (IME) protocols in healthy children and adolescents.

Materials and methods

This is an observational, cross-sectional study, in healthy children and adolescents from 4 to 18 years of age. Weight, height, maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and IME were measured using two protocols. A fixed load of 30% of MIP with a 10% increment every 2 minutes was used in the incremental threshold loading protocol. As for the maximal loading protocol, a fixed load of 70% of MIP was used and the time limit (Tlim) achieved until fatigue was measured.

Results

A total of 462 participants were included, 281 corresponding to the incremental loading protocol and 181 to maximal loading. There were moderate and positive corr

SUBMITTER: Woszezenki CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5266249 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature