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Table 10 List of all the devices used during the RMT intervention in RCT studies among people with SCI

From: Respiratory muscle training: a bibliometric analysis of 60 years’ multidisciplinary journey

Author, year

Intervention

Device

Main outcome measures

Device

Loveridge et al., (1989) [16]

Resistive loading training

Inspiratory resistor

Respiratory muscle strength

Validyne pressure transducer

Ventilation timing

Mercury-in-rubber strain gaugea

Microcomputer and a polygraphb

Pulmonary function

Ventilatory muscle endurance testing rig

A single lead ECG and end tidal CO2c

Derrickson et al., (1992) [17]

Resistive loading training

Inspiratory muscle trainerd

Pulmonary function

Volume displacement spirometere

Respirometerf

Respiratory muscle strength

Manometerg

Liaw et al., (2000) [24]

Resistive loading training

Inspiratory muscle trainerd

Respiratory muscle strength

Respiratory pressure meterh

Lung volumes

Body plethysmographyi

Pulmonary function

Van Houtte et al., (2008) [25]

Normocapnic hyperpnoea training

Lab-developed normocapnic device

Respiratory muscle strength

Electronic pressure transducer

Pulmonary function

Portable spirometerj

Litchke et al., (2008) [26]

Resistive loading training

Concurrent flow respiratory devicek

Respiratory muscle strength

Manometerl

Pulmonary function

Spirometerm

Oxygen uptake

Heart rate monitorn

Air analysero

Roth et al., (2010) [27]

Resistive loading training

High pressure inspiratory force meterq

Respiratory muscle strength

High pressure inspiratory force meterq

Pulmonary function

Pulmonary function testingr

(Mueller et al., 2013) [22]

Resistive loading training

Inspiratory threshold trainers

Respiratory muscle strength

Respiratory pressure metert

Pulmonary function

Body plethysmographyu

Normocapnic hyperpnoea training

Respiratory endurance testp

Loudness of voice

Clamp-on ammeterv

Tamplin et al., (2013) [28]

Singing training

Karaoke gamew

Respiratory muscle strength

Respiratory pressure meterx

Pulmonary function

Spirometery

Lung volume

Spirometer with a helium analyzerz

Voice signal

Condenser microphoneab

Muscle signal

Surface electromyography

Postma et al., (2014) [29]

Pressure threshold loading training

Inspiratory threshold

trainerac

Respiratory muscle strength

Respiratory pressure meterad

Pulmonary function

Spirometerae

Lung volumes

West et al., (2014) [30]

Pressure threshold loading training

Pressure threshold deviceaf

Respiratory muscle strength

Respiratory pressure meterh

Pulmonary function and oxygen uptake

Stationary automated metabolic gas analysis systemag

Diaphragm thickness

B-mode two-dimensional ultra- soundah

Fischer et al., (2014) [31]

Normocapnic hyperpnoea training

Respiratory endurance testp

Pulmonary function

Ergospirometric deviceai

Kim et al., (2017) [23]

Integrated training

Incentive spirometeraj

Pulmonary function

Computerized spirometerak

Xi et al., (2019) [32]

Normocapnic hyperpnoea training

Respiratory endurance testp

Pulmonary function

Body plethysmographyu

Soumyashree and Kaur, (2020) [33]

Pressure threshold loading training

Inspiratory muscle traineral

Respiratory muscle strength

Capsule sensing pressure gauge (CSPG-V) manometeram

Boswell-Ruys et al., (2020) [34]

Pressure threshold loading training

Inspiratory threshold trainerac

Pulmonary function

Lung function machinean

Litchke et al., (2010) [35]

Resistive loading training

Concurrent flow respiratory devicek

Pulmonary function

Spirometerm

Pressure threshold loading training

Concurrent pressure threshold resistance deviceao

Respiratory muscle strength

Manometerl

  1. N/M = not mentioned, the small letters in subscript at the last column indicates the suppliers listed in Appendix 1