Your diaphragm is a thin muscle that separates your chest and abdomen. When you inhale, your diaphragm tightens and expands your chest cavity. A paralyzed diaphragm doesn’t tighten as it should when ...

Diaphragmatic pacing is a treatment that improves breathing for people who rely on a mechanical ventilator. It stimulates the phrenic nerve, the nerve in your neck that sends signals to your diaphragm ...

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In this prospective study, respiratory monitoring of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) benefited from the use of diaphragm ultrasound imaging. Diaphragm ultrasound imaging (DUI) proved to be ...