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A Teaching Tool To Visually Illustrate How Manipulating The Physiology Of The Ventilatory Muscle Pump Alters Functional Performance, Dennis Sobush
A Teaching Tool To Visually Illustrate How Manipulating The Physiology Of The Ventilatory Muscle Pump Alters Functional Performance, Dennis Sobush
Physical Therapy Faculty Research and Publications
This clinical perspective article describes an inexpensive pedagogical tool intended for use in a laboratory setting as part of a cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy course. It uses a dual balance scale schematic/model. As a teaching resource, physical therapy students can use it to visually reinforce their understanding of the complex cause-and-effect interplay between physiological factors that affect ventilatory muscle pump (VMP) performance for sustained breathing or contribute to VMP fatigue/failure.