Respiratory Muscle Endurance in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.

Background: An increase in respiratory work load and resistance to respiration cause a decrease in respiratory muscle endurance (RME) in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). We aimed to evaluate and compare RME in subjects with OHS and a control group using an incremental load test and compare the RME of subjects with OHS in whom noninvasive ventilation (NIV) was and was not used.

Methods: Forty subjects with OHS (divided according to body mass index [BMI] as group I: 30-40 kg/m; and group II: ≥ 40 kg/m) and 20 subjects with obesity (control group: 30-40 kg/m) were included in the study.

Ambulation, lesion level, and health-related quality of life in children with myelomeningocele.

Purpose: The aim is to investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with myelomeningocele (MMC), compare the results with those of healthy children, and determine the factors related to HRQOL.

Methods: Fifty children with MMC with a mean age of 8.96 ± 2.