Researchers review pulmonary function testing measures that span 4 categories that can assess the respiratory muscle dysfunction that happens in diseases like spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Muscle ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Digital Health, a group of researchers estimated forced vital capacity (FVC) (Total air exhaled after the deepest breath) and forced expiratory volume in 1 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Full pulmonary function tests contribute useful diagnostic information for evaluating patients with ...

The Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...

—Older age, presence of scoliosis, and other factors were associated with lower predicted forced vital capacity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy using non-invasive ventilation. Individuals ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Admilparant vs. placebo resulted in smaller decreases in percent-predicted FVC at 26 weeks in two types of ...

Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases encompass a large number of conditions, with a wide range of causes, clinical manifestations, and imaging and pathological features, as well as variable outcomes.