胸骨旁线
肌电图
肋间肌
医学
心脏病学
内科学
麻醉
解剖
呼吸系统
物理医学与康复
作者
Anna L. Hudson,Billy L. Luu,Simon C. Gandevia,Jane E. Butler
标识
DOI:10.1152/japplphysiol.00604.2023
摘要
Intramuscular recordings of single motor unit activity from parasternal intercostal muscles show a rostrocaudal gradient in timing and amplitude of inspiratory activity. This study determined the feasibility of surface electromyographic activity (EMG) to measure graded parasternal intercostal activity in young females and males during quiet breathing and breathing with inspiratory resistive loads. Surface EMGs were recorded from the 1 st -to-5 th parasternal intercostal muscles during 10 minutes of breathing. EMGs were processed to remove 50 Hz and electrocardiogram artefacts and integrated. Amplitude and onset time of inspiratory activity were measured from waveform averages triggered at the onset of inspiratory flow. Onset times were measured independently by two assessors, blinded to interspace and EMG scale, with excellent agreement (ICC 3,k = 0.86). The onset of inspiratory activity in the 1st-to-3rd interspaces was at or within ~400ms of the start of inspiratory airflow, but activity in the caudal (4th and 5th) spaces was delayed by up to ~1000ms (p<0.001). There was no main effect of sex on onset time (p=0.07), but an interaction with interspace (p<0.001) revealed that inspiratory activity in the caudal interspaces was delayed by 15% of inspiratory time in female participants compared to 30% of inspiratory time in male participants. Inspiratory loads did not affect EMG onset time (p=0.31). Thus, surface EMG is feasible to assess the onset time of inspiratory activity as a marker of inspiratory neural drive and pattern of activation across spaces, in both females and males.
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