Inspiratory muscle activation increases with COPD severity as confirmed by non-invasive mechanomyographic analysis

Leonardo Sarlabous; Abel Torres; José A. Fiz; Juana M. Martínez-Llorens; Joaquim Gea; Raimon Jané

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177730

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Inspiratory muscle activation increases with COPD severity as confirmed by non-invasive mechanomyographic analysis

Leonardo Sarlabous ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo Sarlabous, Abel Torres

Affiliations Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research Network of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Automatic Control, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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Abel Torres ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonardo Sarlabous, Abel Torres

* E-mail: abel.torres@upc.edu

Affiliations Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research Network of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Automatic Control, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2678-1303

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José A. Fiz,

Affiliations Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research Network of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona, Spain
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Juana M. Martínez-Llorens,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital del Mar–IMIM. DCEXS, UPF. CIBERES, ISCiii. Barcelona, Spain
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Joaquim Gea,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital del Mar–IMIM. DCEXS, UPF. CIBERES, ISCiii. Barcelona, Spain
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Raimon Jané

Affiliations Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Research Network of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Automatic Control, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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Inspiratory muscle activation increases with COPD severity as confirmed by non-invasive mechanomyographic analysis

Leonardo Sarlabous,
Abel Torres,
José A. Fiz,
Juana M. Martínez-Llorens,
Joaquim Gea,
Raimon Jané

Published: May 18, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177730

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