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Maximal Inspiratory and Expiratory Pressures in Adolescents: Normal Values
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
One hundred and twelve white subjects participated in the study. Seventy-six were adolescents (36 male and 40 female subjects) who were examined after parental consent was obtained. All subjects denied any respiratory problem and were not receiving medical therapy. Each subject was examined by a physiotherapist and a public health nurse for the presence of scoliosis, and those with a curve of greater than 10° were omitted from the study. Measurements of standing height and weight were obtained,
RESULTS
Seven of the adolescent subjects (9 percent; five male and two female subjects) had measurements of FVC which were below the 95 percent confidence limit for their height, and two of the subjects (3 percent; one male and one female subject) had values for FEV1/FVC which were more than 2 SD below the mean for the group. In order to ensure that all results were from a normal healthy population, the data for these subjects were not included in the analysis. The characteristics of the remaining
DISCUSSION
In the present study, we measured MIP and MEP in a group of healthy adolescents in order to define a range of normal values. The reported mean values for MIP in female adolescents have ranged from mean values of 73 to 103 cm H2O and for MEP from 95 to 145 cm H2O.4, 5, 8 In the present large group of subjects of comparable height and weight, the measured values closely approximate the lower end of this range (Table 2). The reported mean values of MIP and MEP in male adolescents are based on only
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We thank Ms. C. MacHattie for her technical assistance, and Ms. M. T. Berk for her assistance in preparation of the manuscript.
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