Dyspnea causes distress in about 70% of people with lung cancer, and can affect up to 90% of patients suffering from advanced lung cancer....
Dyspnea causes distress in about 70% of people with lung cancer, and can affect up to 90% of patients suffering from advanced lung cancer....
Respiratory muscle weakness can lead to dyspnea, exercise intolerance, fatigue, and poor activities of daily living (ADL) in people with congestive...
The swallowing process is comprised of three phases: oral, pharyngeal and esophageal. During the pharyngeal phase, food boluses pass through the...
Inadequate oxygenation may cause lesions and brain atrophy during aging. Studies show a positive association between pulmonary function and...
In general, patients with COPD are frequent health care users. As many as 12% of COPD patients have frequent exacerbations, which account for 60% to...
Traditionally, breathing, talking and swallowing have been considered separate entities that all just happened to take place at the same place – the...
Patients with heart failure have a number of health issues with which they must live. Many of them can make treatment more difficult and even...
One of the issues people with chronic heart failure (CHF) face is that of low respiratory muscle strength. This reduced strength can lead to...
Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) was shown to reduce blood pressure in people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The mechanism for this is...
One of the most serious physical complications one can experience is the stroke. The physical consequences of stroke can vary greatly, but 80% of...