Constantinesco A
Arch Anat Histol Embryol. 1974;57(2):153-96.
The study of the sternal movements by the use of biometry mensurations of 62 young adult men allows to precise the respiratory variations of the Louis's angle and sternal displacements in the sagittal plane. The sternal movements are successivly considered in standing and horizontal positions, at three respiratory moments corresponding to the respiratory rest, the forced inspiration and the forced expiration. The sternal displacements in the sagittal plane are the resultant of backward and forward movements and elevation and lowering movements. In standing position the amplitude of the forward movements can be compared to these of the backward movements while the amplitude of the elevation movements is four times more important than that of the lowering movements. In horizontal position the amplitude of the forward movements is twice more important than that of the backward movements and the amplitude of the elevation movements is twice more important than that of the lowering movements. The correlation research between the sternal movements and the vital capacity allows to precise that the vital capacity appears essentially in correlation with the maximum of the amplitude of the Louis's angle movements in horizontal position and with the forward and backward sternal movements in standing and horizontal positions.
通过对62名年轻成年男性进行生物测量来研究胸骨运动，从而精确确定胸骨角在矢状面的呼吸变化和胸骨位移。分别在站立位和卧位，于呼吸静息、用力吸气和用力呼气这三个呼吸时刻依次考虑胸骨运动。矢状面的胸骨位移是前后运动以及升降运动的综合结果。在站立位时，向前运动的幅度可与向后运动的幅度相比较，而上升运动的幅度比下降运动的幅度大四倍。在卧位时，向前运动的幅度比向后运动的幅度大两倍，上升运动的幅度比下降运动的幅度大两倍。胸骨运动与肺活量之间的相关性研究表明，肺活量主要与卧位时胸骨角运动幅度的最大值以及站立位和卧位时胸骨的前后运动相关。
