Tagami Miki, Okuno Yukako, Matsuda Tadamitsu, Kawamura Kenta, Shoji Ryosuke, Tomita Kazuhide
Department of Physical Therapy, Uekusa Gakuen University, Japan.
Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Japan.
J Phys Ther Sci. 2017 Mar;29(3):515-518. doi: 10.1589/jpts.29.515. Epub 2017 Mar 22.
[Purpose] Normal values for respiratory muscle pressures during development in Japanese children have not been reported. The purpose of this study was to investigate respiratory muscle pressures in Japanese children aged 3-12 years. [Subjects and Methods] We measured respiratory muscle pressure values using a manovacuometer without a nose clip, with subjects in a sitting position. Data were collected for ages 3-6 (Group I: 68 subjects), 7-9 (Group II: 86 subjects), and 10-12 (Group III: 64 subjects) years. [Results] The values for respiratory muscle pressures in children were significantly higher with age in both sexes, and were higher in boys than in girls. Correlation coefficients were significant at values of 0.279 to 0.471 for each gender relationship between maximal respiratory pressure and age, height, and weight, respectively. [Conclusion] In this study, we showed pediatric respiratory muscle pressure reference value for each age. In the present study, values for respiratory muscle pressures were lower than Brazilian studies. This suggests that differences in respiratory muscle pressures vary with ethnicity.
[目的] 日本儿童发育过程中呼吸肌压力的正常数值尚未见报道。本研究旨在调查3至12岁日本儿童的呼吸肌压力。[对象与方法] 我们使用无鼻夹的压力计测量呼吸肌压力值，受试者取坐位。收集了3至6岁（第一组：68名受试者）、7至9岁（第二组：86名受试者）和10至12岁（第三组：64名受试者）儿童的数据。[结果] 儿童呼吸肌压力值在两性中均随年龄显著升高，且男孩高于女孩。最大呼吸压力与年龄、身高和体重之间的每种性别关系的相关系数分别在0.279至0.471之间，具有显著性。[结论] 在本研究中，我们给出了各年龄段儿童呼吸肌压力的参考值。在本研究中，呼吸肌压力值低于巴西的研究。这表明呼吸肌压力的差异因种族而异。
