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. 2016 Jun 9;121(1):268–278. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00790.2015

Table 1.

In vivo percent of maximum parasternal and abdominal EMG amplitude, and computational model simulations percent of maximum phrenic (inspiratory) and lumbar (expiratory) activities

In Vivo
Version 1
Version 2
Cough Parasternal Abdominal Phrenic Lumbar Phrenic Lumbar
C1 72 ± 7 41 ± 11 58 ± 9 42 ± 6 94 ± 2 59 ± 2
C2 71 ± 7 46 ± 7 76 ± 7 42 ± 6 89 ± 4 55 ± 7
C3 62 ± 5 44 ± 7 91 ± 4† 60 ± 6 91 ± 3 56 ± 10
C4 64 ± 4 55 ± 10 92 ± 3† 64 ± 5 88 ± 2 66 ± 7
C5 74 ± 5 61 ± 9 94 ± 2† 64 ± 7 86 ± 3 70 ± 9
C6 76 ± 6 62 ± 5 81 ± 5† 51 ± 10 79 ± 2 75 ± 7
C7 85 ± 2 69 ± 7† 85 ± 4 69 ± 4 78 ± 3† 81 ± 8
C8 84 ± 3 69 ± 4† 81 ± 4 81 ± 8 70 ± 2† 72 ± 10
C9 84 ± 5 72 ± 6† 74 ± 3 87 ± 8* 71 ± 2† 83 ± 4†
C10 77 ± 4 68 ± 5† 74 ± 4 82 ± 4† 68 ± 3† 75 ± 5†
C11 82 ± 2 69 ± 4 68 ± 5 81 ± 8 66 ± 4† 76 ± 2†
C12 76 ± 4 67 ± 5 67 ± 5 88 ± 1† 60 ± 7† 68 ± 5
C13 82 ± 5 70 ± 9 59 ± 4 83 ± 3† 71 ± 3† 66 ± 2†
C14 62 ± 8 87 ± 5
C15 67 ± 8 85 ± 5
C16 58 ± 13 80 ± 4
C17 53 ± 6 77 ± 4
C18 58 ± 9 74 ± 5
C19 50 ± 3 61 ± 6

Values are means ± SE for each cough in an epoch. The cough number is expressed as coughs C1 to Cn. Symbols indicate a significant difference from the corresponding value during cough C1 (

*

P < 0.01; †P < 0.05).