Acute effects of expiratory positive pressure on autonomic cardiac modulation during spontaneous and slow deep breathing in COPD patients.

CONCLUSION: A 5 cmH2O expiratory positive airway pressure during spontaneous and slow deep breathing can elicit an acute response, resulting in a cardiac autonomic control improvement in moderate-to-very severe patients.
PMID: 32696842 [PubMed - in process]

Source: An Acad Bras Cienc - July 24, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Silva ALGD, Goulart CL, Mansour KMK, Back GD, Cabiddu R, Trimer R, Borghi-Silva A Tags: An Acad Bras Cienc Source Type: research