APHP Sorbonne Université

Oct 9, 2024 | link.springer.com | APHP Sorbonne Université |Site Pitié-Salpêtrière |Faculté de Médecine |Université Laval

AbstractDyspnea is associated with fear and intense suffering and is often assessed using visual analog scales (VAS) or numerical rating scales (NRS). However, the physiological correlates of such ratings are not well known. Using the voluntary breath-holding model of induced dyspnea, we studied healthy volunteers to investigate the temporal relationship between dyspnea, the neural drive to breathe assessed in terms of involuntary thoracoabdominal movements (ITMs) and neurovegetative responses.