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The effect of acute hemiplegia on intercostal muscle activity

Service de Neurologie (Dr. Przedborski, Ms. Hubert, and Drs. Mavroudakis and Zegers de Beyl), Hôpital Erasme, and Unité de Recherche sur le Cerveau (Dr. Brunko), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

We recorded the EMG of parasternal intercostal muscles in 25 patients with flaccid hemiplegia during quiet spontaneous breathing, voluntary hyperventilation, and CO₂-induced hyperventilation. The respiratory drive was abnormal on the hemiplegic side and the function of the intercostal muscles was affected specifically during voluntary hyperventilation.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Zegers de Beyl, Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Erasme, route de Lennick, 808,1070 Brussels, Belgium.

S. Przedborski is Research Assistant of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research.

Received April 25, 1988. Accepted for publication in final form June 6, 1988.

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