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Three dimensional analysis of chest wall motion during breathing in healthy individuals and patients with scoliosis using an ultrasonography-based system.

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2002

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Toshiaki Kotani, Shohei Minami, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Keijiro Isobe, Yoshinori Nakata, Masashi Takaso, Masatoshi Inoue, Shinsuke Nishikawa, Tetsuro Maruta, Tamotsu Tamaki,
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Abstract

Chest wall motion was asymmetric in the scoliotic patients with diminished motion of the right lower chest wall. This locally diminished ventilation may cause ventilation-perfusion inequality and result in hypoxemia.