Noninvasive Assessment of Neuromechanical and Neuroventilatory Coupling in COPD
2022
This study explored the use of parasternal second intercostal space and lower intercostal space surface electromyogram (sEMG) and surface mechanomyogram (sMMG) recordings (sEMG
para
and sMMG
para
, and sEMG
lic
and sMMG
lic
, respectively) to assess neural respiratory drive (NRD), neuromechanical (NMC) and neuroventilatory (NVC) coupling, and mechanical efficiency (MEff) noninvasively in healthy subjects and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. sEMG
para
, sMMG
para
, sEMG
lic
, sMMG
lic
, mouth pressure (P
mo
), and volume (V
i
) were measured at rest, and during an inspiratory loading protocol, in 16 COPD patients (8 moderate and 8 severe) and 9 healthy subjects. Myographic signals were analyzed using fixed sample entropy and normalized to their largest values (fSEsEMG
para%max
, fSEsMMG
para%max
, fSEsEMG
lic%max
, and fSEsMMG
lic%max
). fSEsMMG
para%max
, fSEsEMG
para%max
, and fSEsEMG
lic%max
were significantly higher in COPD than in healthy participants at rest. Parasternal intercostal muscle NMC was significantly higher in healthy than in COPD participants at rest, but not during threshold loading. P
mo
-derived NMC and MEff ratios were lower in severe patients than in mild patients or healthy subjects during threshold loading, but differences were not consistently significant. During resting breathing and threshold loading, V
i
-derived NVC and MEff ratios were significantly lower in severe patients than in mild patients or healthy subjects. sMMG is a potential noninvasive alternative to sEMG for assessing NRD in COPD. The ratios of P
mo
and V
i
to sMMG and sEMG measurements provide wholly noninvasive NMC, NVC, and MEff indices that are sensitive to impaired respiratory mechanics in COPD and are therefore of potential value to assess disease severity in clinical practice.
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