Toyoda Chizuko, Ogawa Masafumi, Oya Yasushi, Kawai Mitsuru
Department of Neurology, Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-machi, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
No To Shinkei. 2004 Oct;56(10):873-6.
We examined the relation of maximum phonation time (MPT) and vital capacity (VC) and reviewed the usefulness of MPT as a respiratory function screening.
18 healthy adult subjects (8 men and 10 women), and 32 myopathic patients (24 men and 8 women).
MPT and VC were measured in sitting position. Six patients were tested with and without air stacking by glossopharyngeal respiration.
In healthy subjects, MPT was 29.9 +/- 11.8 seconds in men and 21.7 +/- 7.8 seconds in women. Second trials showed good reproducibility. The healthy group had no correlation between MPT and VC. The patient group showed a significant positive correlation between MPT and VC (r2= 0.25, p=0.003). All patients with MPT less than 15 seconds showed VC less than 1.5 l and %VC less than 50%. Air-stacking by glossopharyngeal respiration significantly increased the MPT.
MPT is a useful screening test for respiratory muscle weakness. The patients are easily aware of the effect of air-stacking by glossopharyngeal respiration.
我们研究了最大发声时间(MPT)与肺活量(VC)之间的关系,并回顾了MPT作为呼吸功能筛查指标的实用性。
18名健康成年受试者(8名男性和10名女性)以及32名肌病患者(24名男性和8名女性)。
在坐位测量MPT和VC。6名患者通过舌咽呼吸进行了有无空气叠加的测试。
在健康受试者中,男性的MPT为29.9±11.8秒,女性为21.7±7.8秒。第二次测试显示出良好的可重复性。健康组的MPT与VC之间无相关性。患者组的MPT与VC之间存在显著正相关(r2 = 0.25,p = 0.003)。所有MPT小于15秒的患者其VC小于1.5升且VC百分比小于50%。通过舌咽呼吸进行空气叠加显著增加了MPT。
MPT是一种用于筛查呼吸肌无力的有用测试。患者很容易察觉到舌咽呼吸空气叠加的效果。