Acoustic and spirometry parameters of forced expiratory sounds during a five-day dry immersion |
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Authors: | A N Mikhailovskaya A A Osipova A I D’yachenko |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 123007, Russia 2. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova, 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Abstract: | The dynamic studies of the parameters of forced expiration under the conditions of a five-day dry immersion involved seven healthy male subjects aged 20 to 25 years. During forced expiration, spirometry tests were performed simultaneously with tracheal sounds being recorded by a microphone. A number of parameters, including the acoustic duration of the forced-expiration tracheal sounds, the lungs’ forced vital capacity, the 1-s forced expiration volume, the peak expiratory flow, and time of achieving the peak expiratory flow, were recorded before dry immersion, on days 1 and 4 of immersion, and the next day after the termination of immersion. There was a significant decrease (by 8.4%) in the peak expiratory flow on day 1 of immersion; however, by day 4 of immersion, the peak expiratory flow increased by 8.9%, reaching its baseline values. The lungs’ forced vital capacity and the forced expiration volume during 1 second, on the average, did not change throughout the experiment. There was a significant increase (by 17%) in the duration of the forced expiration tracheal sounds after the immersion, which suggests an increase in respiratory resistance and needs further studies. A moderate negative correlation between the duration of the forced expiration tracheal sounds and Gensler’s index (r = ?0.63) was found, whereas the correlation with other spirometry parameters was weak or absent. |
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