Clinical Significance of Cough Peak Flow and Its Non-Contact Measurement via Cough Sounds: A Narrative Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Cough Mechanism and Related Factors Influencing CPF
3. Clinical Significance of CPF Evaluation
3.1. Conventional CPF Measurement Methods
3.2. Neuromuscular Disease
3.3. Risk Management in Aspiration Pneumonitis
4. Non-Contact Measurement of CPF via Cough Sounds
4.1. CPF Estimation Model Using Cough Sounds
4.2. Non-Contact CPF Measurement Device
4.3. Evaluation of Cough Strength Using a Smartphone in the Elderly and in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
5. Conclusions
6. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Umayahara, Y.; Soh, Z.; Sekikawa, K.; Kawae, T.; Otsuka, A.; Tsuji, T. Clinical Significance of Cough Peak Flow and Its Non-Contact Measurement via Cough Sounds: A Narrative Review. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 2782. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10082782
Umayahara Y, Soh Z, Sekikawa K, Kawae T, Otsuka A, Tsuji T. Clinical Significance of Cough Peak Flow and Its Non-Contact Measurement via Cough Sounds: A Narrative Review. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(8):2782. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10082782
Chicago/Turabian StyleUmayahara, Yasutaka, Zu Soh, Kiyokazu Sekikawa, Toshihiro Kawae, Akira Otsuka, and Toshio Tsuji. 2020. "Clinical Significance of Cough Peak Flow and Its Non-Contact Measurement via Cough Sounds: A Narrative Review" Applied Sciences 10, no. 8: 2782. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10082782