Airway Distensibility in Adults with Asthma and Healthy Adults, Measured by Forced Oscillation Technique

Abstract

Airway distensibility measured by forced oscillation technique is reduced in subjects with asthma compared with subjects without asthma, is not related to lung elastic recoil, and is unchanged by bronchodilator administration. Airway wall remodeling remains the most likely cause of reduced airway distensibility in asthma.