Can diaphragmatic breathing modify chest wall volumes during inspiratory loaded breathing in patients with heart failure?

Abstract

When inspiratory loaded breathing was associated with diaphragmatic breathing, a higher volume in the abdominal compartment was obtained without significant changes in other breathing pattern variables.

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“…Some authors have studied the ribcage and abdominal excursion during different conditions, confirming an increase in abdominal motion during diaphragmatic breathing. Lage et al ( 29 ) evaluated the chest wall volumes during some breathing conditions in patients with heart failure, including inspiratory-loaded breathing associated with diaphragmatic breathing and observed that when diaphragmatic breathing was associated with inspiratory loaded breathing, a higher volume in the abdominal compartment was achieved, without significant changes in other BP variables.…”