Open AccessThe threshold for sensing airflow resistance during tidal breathing rises in old age: implications for elderly patients with obstructive airways diseases
Author(s) -
Stephen Allen,
Michael Vassallo,
Ahmed Khattab
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp110
Subject(s) - medicine , ageing , ventilation (architecture) , airway resistance , age groups , respiratory physiology , cardiology , respiratory system , asthma , demography , mechanical engineering , engineering , sociology
o determine whether the ability of elderly subjects to detect a rise in airflow resistance is attenuated in old age, and to measure the magnitude and variability of such a change.
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