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. 2019 Dec 12;9:19006. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54314-8

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Kinematic reserve in LOPD and control subjects. Dynamic MRI was used to evaluate cranio-caudal lung height, representative of diaphragm excursion, and anterior-posterior (A–P) chest wall expansion. We did not find significant group differences for C -C excursion (a) or A-P expansion (b) during tidal breathing. Inspiratory capacity C-C excursion (c) was significantly lower for LOPD patients. In contrast, A-P expansion during inspiratory capacity (d) remained similar between groups. Kinematic reserve is the difference between MRI measurements of diaphragm (C-C) and chest wall (A–P) excursion at rest and during inspiratory capacity maneuvers. While the C-C reserve of the diaphragm (e) was significantly smaller for LOPD subjects, we observed a similar difference in the A-P reserve (f) of the chest wall muscles (*Significant group-direction interaction, F = 3.571, p < 0.05).