EFFECT OF PHYSICAL METHODS ON THE MECHANICS OF BREATHING IN POLIOMYELITIS
Authors: G J BECK, G C GRAHAM, A L BARACH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 September 1955EFFECT OF PHYSICAL METHODS ON THE MECHANICS OF BREATHING IN POLIOMYELITISGUSTAV J. BECK, M.D., GEORGE C. GRAHAM, M.D., ALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.GUSTAV J. BECK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE C. GRAHAM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-3-549 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe use of physical methods in the rehabilitation of patients with bronchopulmonary diseases stimulated our interest in the breathing difficulties of convalescent patients with respiratory involvement due to poliomyelitis. The application of certain physiologically established principles was shown to improve the aeration of the lungs in patients with pulmonary emphysema. Methods of increasing diaphragmatic excursion included the employment of the headward tilt of the thorax,1the application, in the supine position, of a weighted sandbag to the lower abdomen and, in the erect position, of an abdominal belt, of manual compression of the chest to assist expiratory emptying of the...Bibliography1. BarachBeck ALGJ: The effect of the head-down position in patients with pulmonary emphysema, Am. J. Med. 16: 55 (Jan.) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Schutz K: Muscular exercise in treatment of bronchial asthma, New York State J. Med. 55: 635 (Mar.) 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. BarachBeckSpanier ALGJM: Exsufflation with negative pressure. Physiologic and clinical studies in poliomyelitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary emphysema, and bronchiectasis, Arch. Int. Med. 93: 825 (June) 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BeckBarach GJAL: Value of mechanical aids in the management of a patient with poliomyelitis, Ann. Int. Med. 40: 1081 (June) 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 20, 1955.From the Department of Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, and the Meadowbrook Hospital, Nassau County, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.†Aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.‡With the technical assistance of HARRY J. COSTELLO and WILLIAM H. SMITH, B.S. 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