A review of concepts regarding the origin of respiratory muscle fatigue

• Authors: Bożena Kuraszkiewicz , Maria Piotrkiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this review, the classification of respiratory muscle fatigue from the perspective of its origin is presented. The fatigue is classified as central or peripheral, and the latter further subdivided into high- and low-frequency fatigue. However, muscle fatigue is a complex process and all three types of fatigue probably occur simultaneously in the overloaded respiratory muscles. The relative importance of each type depends on the duration of respiratory loading and other physiological variables. However, central and high-frequency fatigue resolve rapidly once muscle overload is removed, whereas low-frequency fatigue persists over long time.

Keywords

EN

muscle activation; respiratory failure; excitation-contraction coupling

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 27-34

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

7 - 2 - 2012

Contributors

author

Bożena Kuraszkiewicz

• Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland

author

Maria Piotrkiewicz

• Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10013-011-0003-6