Involuntary contraction induced pressure as a medical diagnostic tool using involuntary reflex cough test

摘要

A system and method allows diagnosis of a patient for physiological abnormality such as a neurological deficiency. An involuntary reflex cough event is induced within the patient that activates the nucleus ambiguus and medial motor cell column of the patient and stimulates involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles in the pelvis of the patient. An electromyogram (EMG) is obtained from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles while inducing involuntary reflex cough and determining its duration. The intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is determined and the IAP is correlated with the EMG duration of the involuntary cough event within a processing device to diagnose a physiological abnormality such as a neurological deficiency within the patient.

主权项

1. A method of diagnosing a patient for a physiological abnormality, comprising:
inducing an involuntary reflex cough event within the patient that stimulates involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles; obtaining an electromyogram (EMG) from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles while inducing the involuntary reflex cough event; and processing the EMG data from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles within a processing device to diagnose a physiological abnormality within the patient.