Informatics Publishing Limited

Gopala Krishna Alaparthi ¹, Vaishali ¹, V. Prem ¹, Jaya Shanker Tedla ¹, Kalyana Chakravarthy ¹, Y. Ravi Shankar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College, Bejai, Mangalore-575004, IN

Abstract

Purpose

Respiratory muscle strength is measured as a maximal inspiratory pressure (PI max) and maximal expiratory pressure (PE max). The purpose of this investigation is to obtain normal maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure with respect to age, sex, height, weight and BMI in Indian population.

Subjects

In this cross sectional study 250 subjects with age from 20 to 70 years were recruited with convenient sampling. They are divided in to five groups i.e. 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60 and 60- 70. Each group had 50 subjects (males-25 and females-25).

Methods

For measurement of PE max the subject will inhale to near total lung capacity (TLC) and then exhale as hard as possible and for PI max the subjects exhales to near residual volume (RV) and then give a maximal inhalation effort. Three measurements were taken for each subjects and the best one was included for analysis.

Results

The mean value for PI max in male is (75 ± 20 cm H2O) and for PE max is (93± 33 cm H2O) and PI max in female is (48 ± 16 cm H2O) and for PE max is (60 ± 20 cm H2O).

Conclusion

Data obtained from this study will be useful as simple, reproducible, rapid assessment and interpretation of respiratory muscle function as well as treatment planning.

Keywords

Maximal inspiratory pressure (PI max), Maximal expiratory pressure(PE max), Respiratory pressure, Muscle strength. Normative data.

Full Text

     

Y. Ravi Shankar ¹, Manmeet Sigh ¹, K. Srinivas ², Anuj Wangoo ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Prosthodontics, Desh Bhagat Dental College, MuMsar, IN
2 Department of Prosthodontics, GlTAM Dental College, Visakhapatnam, IN
3 Department of Prosthodontics, Luxmi Bai Dental College, Patiala, IN

Abstract

The eye is a vital organ and an important component of facial expression. Loss of an eye has a crippling effect on the appearance and psychology of the patient. Surgical removal of the eye is therefore normally followed by fabrication of an ocular prosthesis to improve esthetics. A cosmetically acceptable prosthesis is that which reproduces the natural color, contour, size and iris orientation. A sequence of steps for the constructionof custom made ocular prosthesis is outlined in this case report using amoditied impression technique.

Keywords

Custom Impression Tray, Ocular Prosthesis, Graphic Grid.

Full Text