Sarah Angus

Sep 29, 2023 | physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sarah Angus |Joshua Taylor |Leah M. Mann |Alexandra Williams

Data availability statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Competing interests None. Author contributions Experimental design: S.A.A., J.L.T., A.M.W., E.J.S., J.S.A., A.W.S. and P.B.D. Data acquisition: S.A.A., J.L.T., L.M.M., A.M.W., A.W.S. and P.B.D. Data analysis: S.A.A., E.J.S. and P.B.D. All authors interpreted, drafted and approved the final version.

Feb 8, 2023 | physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jason Chan |Leah M. Mann | |Sarah Angus

1 INTRODUCTION As the primary muscle for respiration, the diaphragm has certain characteristics to manage a wide range of ventilatory demands. For example, the diaphragm is a skeletal muscle composed of approximately 50% slow twitch (type I) and 50% fast twitch (type II) muscle fibres (Mizuno & Secher, 1989).