TITLE:
Cough Peak Flow of Independent Elderly People
AUTHORS:
Yoshihiro Yamashina, Kazuyuki Tabira, Hiroki Aoyama, Tomoko Hirayama, Hiroto Honda, Yosuke Yamato, Emiko Morita, Nami Sakagami, Yumi Fukuyama, Sho Kumabe, Shigeru Terada, Masahiro Goto
KEYWORDS:
Cough Peak Flow, Independent Elderly, Vital Capacity, Respiratory Muscle Strength
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.10 No.4,
October
20,
2020
ABSTRACT: Introduction:This study aimed to
investigate the cough strength and respiratory function as well as the factors
affecting the cough strength of independent elderly people. Methods and
Results: A total of 36 elderly people participated in this experiment, and
two subjects with hypertension were excluded. All subjects were evaluated for
vital capacity (VC), cough peak flow (CPF), and respiratory muscle strength by
determination of the maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressure (PImax and
PEmax, respectively) in a sitting position. Each measurement consisted of three
trials, and the maximum values were adopted for the analysis. The average value
of CPF was 291.5 ± 100.5 L/min. Moreover, 17 out of the 34 subjects had CPF
P —0.64, P —0.40, P Conclusion: Elderly people who
independently perform their activities of daily living do not always have high
coughing ability and may have reduced VC associated with reduced coughing
ability.