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Effects of gender and posture on thoraco-abdominal kinematics during quiet breathing in healthy adults by Romei, M, Mauro, A. Lo, D’Angelo, M.G, Turconi, A.C, Bresolin, N, Pedotti, A, Aliverti, A

“…Abstract To investigate the effects of posture and gender on thoraco-abdominal motion and breathing pattern, 34 healthy men and women were studied by…”
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Effect of bronchodilation on expiratory flow limitation and resting lung mechanics in COPD by Dellaca, R. L, Pompilio, P. P, Walker, P. P, Duffy, N, Pedotti, A, Calverley, P. M. A

“…Bronchodilator drugs produce variable improvements in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)), but larger changes in end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) in…”
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Detection of expiratory flow limitation in COPD using the forced oscillation technique by Dellaca, R.L, Santus, P, Aliverti, A, Stevenson, N, Centanni, S, Macklem, P.T, Pedotti, A, Calverley, P.M.A

“…Expiratory flow limitation (EFL) during tidal breathing is a major determinant of dynamic hyperinflation and exercise limitation in chronic obstructive…”
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Breathing pattern and chest wall volumes during exercise in patients with cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and COPD before and after lung transplantation by Wilkens, H, Weingard, B, Lo Mauro, A, Schena, E, Pedotti, A, Sybrecht, G W, Aliverti, A

“…Pulmonary fibrosis (PF), cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often cause chronic respiratory failure (CRF). In order to…”
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Kinematical models to reduce the effect of skin artifacts on marker-based human motion estimation by Cerveri, P., Pedotti, A., Ferrigno, G.

“…The estimation of the skeletal motion obtained from marker-based motion capture systems is known to be affected by significant bias caused by skin movement…”
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Expiratory flow limitation detected by forced oscillation and negative expiratory pressure by Dellaca, R. L, Duffy, N, Pompilio, P. P, Aliverti, A, Koulouris, N. G, Pedotti, A, Calverley, P. M. A

“…The within-breath change in reactance (Delta(rs)) measured by forced oscillation technique (FOT) at 5 Hz reliably detects expiratory flow limitation in chronic…”
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The relationship between electrical stimulus and joint torque: a dynamic model by Ferrarin, M., Pedotti, A.

“…The knowledge of the behavior of electrically activated muscles is an important requisite for the development of functional electrical stimulation (FES)…”
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Abdominal volume contribution to tidal volume as an early indicator of respiratory impairment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Lo Mauro, A, D'Angelo, M G, Romei, M, Motta, F, Colombo, D, Comi, G P, Pedotti, A, Marchi, E, Turconi, A C, Bresolin, N, Aliverti, A

“…Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterised by progressive loss of muscular strength that leads to an increasingly restrictive pulmonary syndrome…”
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Noninvasive detection of expiratory flow limitation in COPD patients during nasal CPAP by Dellaca, R. L, Rotger, M, Aliverti, A, Navajas, D, Pedotti, A, Farre, R

“…The difference between mean inspiratory and expiratory respiratory reactance (delta(rs)) measured with forced oscillation technique (FOT) at 5 Hz allows the…”
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Positional effects on lung mechanics of ventilated preterm infants with acute and chronic lung disease by Vendettuoli, V., Veneroni, C., Zannin, E., Mercadante, D., Matassa, P., Pedotti, A., Colnaghi, M., Dellacà, R. L., Mosca, F.

“…Summary Background The role of prone position in preterm infants has not been completely clarified. We investigated prone versus supine posture‐related changes…”
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Regional chest wall volumes during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Aliverti, A, Stevenson, N, Dellacà, R L, Lo Mauro, A, Pedotti, A, Calverley, P M A

“…Background: Dynamic hyperinflation of the lungs impairs exercise performance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is unclear which…”
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Relationship between respiratory impedance and positive end-expiratory pressure in mechanically ventilated neonates by Dellacà, Raffaele L., Veneroni, C., Vendettuoli, V., Zannin, E., Matassa, P. G., Pedotti, A., Colnaghi, M., Mosca, F.

“…Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of forced oscillation technique (FOT) measurements at the bedside and to describe the relationship between positive…”
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Effects of bilateral subthalamic stimulation on gait kinematics and kinetics in Parkinson's disease by FERRARIN, M, RIZZONE, M, BERGAMASCO, B, LANOTTE, M, RECALCATI, M, PEDOTTI, A, LOPIANO, L

“…Subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation, a recent surgical approach to Parkinson's disease (PD), has been shown to be effective in relieving motor symptoms. The…”
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Baroreflex effectiveness index: an additional measure of baroreflex control of heart rate in daily life by Di Rienzo, M, Parati, G, Castiglioni, P, Tordi, R, Mancia, G, Pedotti, A

“…In healthy subjects, progressive beat-to-beat increases or decreases in systolic blood pressure (SBP) ramps are not always accompanied by baroreflex-driven…”
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Derivation of centers and axes of rotation for wrist and fingers in a hand kinematic model: methods and reliability results by Cerveri, P, Lopomo, N, Pedotti, A, Ferrigno, G

“…In the field of 3D reconstruction of human motion from video, model-based techniques have been proposed to increase the estimation accuracy and the degree of…”
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Effect of salbutamol on lung function and chest wall volumes at rest and during exercise in COPD by Aliverti, A, Rodger, K, Dellacà, R L, Stevenson, N, Lo Mauro, A, Pedotti, A, Calverley, P M A

“…Background: Inhaled bronchodilators can increase exercise capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by reducing dynamic hyperinflation, but…”
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Low abdominal contribution to breathing as daytime predictor of nocturnal desaturation in adolescents and young adults with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Romei, M, D’Angelo, M.G, LoMauro, A, Gandossini, S, Bonato, S, Brighina, E, Marchi, E, Comi, G.P, Turconi, A.C, Pedotti, A, Bresolin, N, Aliverti, A

“…Summary In the respiratory management of DMD patients it is still under debate what parameter should indicate the correct timing for institution of nocturnal…”
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Respiratory pattern in an adult population of dystrophic patients by D'Angelo, M.G, Romei, M, Lo Mauro, A, Marchi, E, Gandossini, S, Bonato, S, Comi, G.P, Magri, F, Turconi, A.C, Pedotti, A, Bresolin, N, Aliverti, A

“…Abstract We studied respiratory function and Chest Wall kinematics in a large population of adult patients affected by slow course muscular dystrophies such as…”
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Human respiratory muscle actions and control during exercise by Aliverti, A, Cala, S. J, Duranti, R, Ferrigno, G, Kenyon, C. M, Pedotti, A, Scano, G, Sliwinski, P, Macklem, Peter T, Yan, S

“…A. Aliverti 1 , S. J. Cala 2 , R. Duranti 4 , G. Ferrigno 1 , C. M. Kenyon 2 , A. Pedotti 1 , G. Scano 4 , P. Sliwinski 2 , Peter T. Macklem 2 , and S. Yan 3 1…”
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Chest wall and lung volume estimation by optical reflectance motion analysis by Cala, S. J, Kenyon, C. M, Ferrigno, G, Carnevali, P, Aliverti, A, Pedotti, A, Macklem, P. T, Rochester, D. F

“…S. J. Cala, C. M. Kenyon, G. Ferrigno, P. Carnevali, A. Aliverti, A. Pedotti, P. T. Macklem, and D. F. Rochester Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Montréal,…”
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