Publications by authors named "Sophie Pleysier"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to identify and reach expert consensus on factors linked to chronic pain in children, focusing on modifiable aspects that could improve prevention and management strategies.
- Using a web-based modified Delphi method, pediatric pain experts rated 47 factors based on their strength of association with chronic pain, modifiability, and population-level effects across two rounds of questions.
- The results highlighted four highly modifiable factors—physical activity, sedentary behavior, pain-related school absence, and the child's understanding of pain—along with three factors that could significantly affect populations, such as physical activity and the child's emotional state.
Background: Inspiratory muscle training improves respiratory muscle function and may improve weaning outcomes in patients with weaning difficulties. Compared to the commonly used pressure threshold loading, tapered flow resistive loading better accommodates pressure-volume relationships of the respiratory muscles, which might help to facilitate application of external loads and optimise training responses.
Objective: The objective of this study was to compare acute breathing pattern responses and perceived symptoms during an inspiratory muscle training session performed against identical external loading provided as pressure threshold loading or as tapered flow resistive loading.