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Pages 303-312 (June 2000)
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Reproducibilidad mecánica y metabólica de la prueba de resistencia de los músculos espiratorios con cargas umbrales incrementales
Mechanical and metabolic reproducibility of the expiratory muscle endurance test using incremental threshold loading
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Correspondencia: Unitat de Pneumologia. Hospital de Sabadell. Corporació Sanitaria Parc Taulí. Parc Taulí, s/n. 8208 Sabadell. Barcelona.
, M. Orozco-Levi, J. Gea, R. Méndez, A.L. Ramírez, J.M. Broquetas
Servei de Pneumologia. Hospital del Mar. Unitat de Recerca Respiratoria i Ambiental. Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona
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Antecedentes

El estudio de la resistencia de los músculos respiratorios se ha centrado básicamente en los músculos inspiratorios. Recientemente, se ha descrito un nuevo método para cuantificar la resistencia a la fatiga de los músculos espiratorios mediante cargas umbrales espiratorias incrementales generadas mediante una válvula de émbolo cargado con pesos.

Objetivos

Evaluar las características mecánicas de la válvula y la reproducibilidad del método tanto desde el punto de vista mecánico como metabólico.

Métodos

Cuatro sujetos sanos no entrenados realizaron en 3 días no consecutivos una prueba incremental con cargas umbrales espiratorias (50 g cada 2 min) hasta que no pudieron abrir la válvula. En cada día se registró de forma continua la presión en la boca, y en los primeros 2 días también el consumo de oxígeno (V˙O2).

Resultados

Las presiones de apertura y cierre de la válvula fueron idénticas e independientes del flujo espiratorio, con una relación carga-presión lineal (4cmH2O por cada 10 g de peso). La carga máxima tolerada (CMT) en las 3 pruebas fue estable en dos de los sujetos, y los dos restantes llegaron al valor máximo en la segunda y tercera prueba, respectivamente. Durante laCMT de la tercera prueba, la presión media y pico en la boca (expresada como porcentaje de la presión espiratoria máxima [PEM]) fue de 49±4 y 71±4%, respectivamente, y el índice tensión-tiempo espiratorio medido en la boca ([Pmediaboca/PEM] × [TE/Ttot]) fue de 0,25±0,02 (TE: tiempo espiratorio; Ttot: tiempo total). En la primera y segunda pruebas se midió también el consumo de oxígeno de los músculos que fueron reclutados, básicamente los músculos espiratorios (V˙O2resp max), que en la última prueba fue de 213±65 mlO2/min (2,9±1,1 mlO2/kg/min). El coeficiente de variación intraindividual de los parámetros mecánicos osciló entre el 6,3 y el 19,5%, y el de los parámetros metabólicos entre el 14 y el 21%.

Conclusiones

La prueba de resistencia espiratoria utilizando una válvula de tipo umbral permite cuantificar la reserva y metabolismo musculares ante cargas espiratorias incrementales. La válvula propuesta presenta unas características mecánicas adecuadas a dicho objetivo y la reproducibilidad de la prueba es aceptable, aunque la determinación precisa de laCMT puede requerir hasta 3 pruebas.

Palabras clave:
Músculos respiratorios
Resistencia
Válvula espiratoria umbral
Consumo de oxígeno de los músculos respiratorios
Background

The study of respiratory muscle endurance has mainly focused on inspiratory muscles. A new method to measure expiratory muscle endurance, through incremental threshold loading using a weighted plunger valve, has recently been described.

Objectives

To evaluate the mechanical features of the plunger valve and the reproducibility of the method from the standpoint of both mechanics and metabolism.

Methods

Four untrained healthy subjects performed an incremental test with expiratory threshold loading (50 g every 2 min) on each of three non-consecutive days; each test continued until the subject could no longer open the valve. Mouth pressure was recorded continuously during each test; on the first two test days, oxygen consumption (VO2) was also measured.

Results

Opening and closing pressures were the same and were independent of expiratory flow, with a linear loadpressure relationship (4cmH2O) for every 10 g of weight). The maximal tolerated load (MTL) in the three tests was stable for two of the subjects, whereas the maximal load was reached by the other two subjects in the second and third tests, respectively. When MTL was reached in the third test, mean and peak mouth pressures (the latter expressed as percent of maximal expiratory pressure [MEP]) were 49±4% and 71±4%, respectively; the expiratory tension-time index measured at the mouth ([PMEANmouth/MEP] × [TE/Ttot]) was 0.25±0.02 (TE: expiratory time; Ttot: total time). In the first and second tests, we also measured oxygen the expiratory muscles (VO2respmax); consumption in the last test was 213±65 ml O2/min (2.9±1.1 ml O2/kg/min). The intraindividual coefficient of variation ranged from 6.3% to 19.5% for the mechanical parameters and from 14% to 21% for the metabolic ones.

Conclusions

The expiratory endurance test using a threshold valve allows quantification of muscle and metabolic reserve under incremental expiratory loads. The valve has appropriate mechanical characteristics for this purpose and reproducibility is acceptable, although the precise determination of the may require up to three tests.

Key words:
Respiratory muscles: endurance, oxygen consumption
Expiratory threshold valve
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El Dr. A. Ferrer fue becario posdoctroal (beca de ampliación de estudios del FIS (98/5088). Estudio subvencionado en parte por las becas BIOMED PL-963406, ASTRA-BIOMED y SIBEL.

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