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By phrenic stimulation we obtained swings in mouth pressure (Pmt) in six COPD patients (age 50 to 72, FEV1 18 to 48% of predicted) at relaxed FRC (rFRC) and during graded inspiratory efforts (IE; twitch occlusion, TO). At rFRC, Pmt was damped and time lagged relative to the esophageal pressure twitch (Pest, as if pressure had equilibrated through an RC system. Pmt was not correlated with Pdit. Conversely, Pmt and Pest were always well matched during IE [Pmt = 0.971 (SEM \u00b1 0.028) Pest, r &amp;gt; 0.89], possibly in relation to a decrease in upper airway compliance or more uniform pleural pressure swings. Pmt decreased with the level of voluntary diaphragmatic contraction (Pdivol) in proportion to Pdit, reflecting a progressive increase in the level of diaphragm activation. During IE, Pmt was closely related to the voluntary mouth pressure in five subjects but not in the remaining subject, indicating intersubject variability in the level of diaphragmatic recruitment relative to other inspiratory muscles. 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