Relationship between Diaphragm Weight and Body Composition.
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- Nishimura Yoshihiro
- Department of Respiratory Disease, Takatsuki General Hospital
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- Nakata Hiroyuki
- Department of Respiratory Disease, Takatsuki General Hospital
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- Matsubara Masahide
- Department of Respiratory Disease, Takatsuki General Hospital
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- Iwai Yasuhiro
- Department of Pathology, Takatsuki General Hospital
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- Maeda Hitoshi
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine
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- Yokoyama Mitsuhiro
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine
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- Other Title
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- 横隔膜重量と体成分諸指標との関連性 剖検症例の検討
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Abstract
To study the relationship between diaphragm weight and body composition, we measured fat body mass and lean body mass by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (XR-26, Norland), and weighed the diaphragms of patients at autopsy. The subjects were 22 patients with various diseases (13 men and 9 women, aged 72.6±9.5 years). In 8 of the patients, respiratory muscle strength was assessed with maximal pressure at the mouth. The diaphragm weight was 185.2±58.2g and it correlated significantly with lean body mass (r=0.77, r=0.73, p<0.01). Maximal inspiratory pressure at TLC correlated significantly with diaphragm weight. These results show that respiratory muscle strength is related to diaphragm weight and that analysis of body composition may be useful in assessing changes in the mass of the diaphragm.
Journal
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- The Japanese journal of thoracic diseases
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The Japanese journal of thoracic diseases 34 (5), 501-505, 1996
The Japanese Respiratory Society
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679995905664
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- NII Article ID
- 130003679270
- 10008109688
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- NII Book ID
- AN00187758
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- ISSN
- 1883471X
- 03011542
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- PubMed
- 8753106
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- PubMed
- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed