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Given chronic respiratory loading and increased NRD in cystic fibrosis, often in the absence of breathlessness at rest, we hypothesised that patients with cystic fibrosis would be able to tolerate higher levels of NRD for a given level of breathlessness compared to healthy individuals during exercise.<\/jats:p><jats:p>15 cystic fibrosis patients (mean forced expiratory volume in 1\u2005s (FEV<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>) 53.5% predicted) and 15 age-matched, healthy controls were studied. Spirometry was measured in all subjects and lung volumes measured in the cystic fibrosis patients. EMG<jats:sub>di<\/jats:sub>and sEMG<jats:sub>para<\/jats:sub>were recorded at rest and during incremental cycle exercise to exhaustion and expressed as a percentage of maximum (% max) obtained from maximum respiratory manoeuvres. Borg breathlessness scores were recorded at rest and during each minute of exercise.<\/jats:p><jats:p>EMG<jats:sub>di<\/jats:sub>% max and sEMG<jats:sub>para<\/jats:sub>% max and associated Borg breathlessness scores differed significantly between healthy subjects and cystic fibrosis patients at rest and during exercise. The relationship between EMG<jats:sub>di<\/jats:sub>% max and sEMG<jats:sub>para<\/jats:sub>% max and Borg score was shifted to the right in the cystic fibrosis patients, such that at comparable levels of EMG<jats:sub>di<\/jats:sub>% max and sEMG<jats:sub>para<\/jats:sub>% max the cystic fibrosis patients reported significantly lower Borg breathlessness scores compared to the healthy individuals. At Borg score 1 (clinically significant increase in breathlessness from baseline) corresponding levels of EMG<jats:sub>di<\/jats:sub>% max (20.2\u00b112%<jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic>32.15\u00b115%, p=0.02) and sEMG<jats:sub>para<\/jats:sub>% max (18.9\u00b18%<jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic>29.2\u00b115%, p=0.04) were lower in the healthy individuals compared to the cystic fibrosis patients.<\/jats:p><jats:p>In the cystic fibrosis patients EMG<jats:sub>di<\/jats:sub>% max at Borg score 1 was related to the degree of airways obstruction (FEV<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>) (r=\u22120.664, p=0.007) and hyperinflation (residual volume\/total lung capacity) (r=0.710, p=0.03). This relationship was not observed for sEMG<jats:sub>para<\/jats:sub>% max.<\/jats:p><jats:p>These data suggest that compared to healthy individuals, patients with cystic fibrosis can tolerate much higher levels of NRD before increases in breathlessness from baseline become clinically significant. EMG<jats:sub>di<\/jats:sub>% max and sEMG<jats:sub>para<\/jats:sub>% max provide physiological tools with which to elucidate factors underlying inter-individual differences in breathlessness perception.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1183\/23120541.00057-2015","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,8]],"date-time":"2016-03-08T02:30:03Z","timestamp":1457404203000},"page":"00057-2015","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1183\/ers-crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Blunted perception of neural respiratory drive and breathlessness in patients with cystic fibrosis"],"prefix":"10.1183","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Charles C.","family":"Reilly","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caroline J.","family":"Jolley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caroline","family":"Elston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Moxham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gerrard F.","family":"Rafferty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"81","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1054\/cdip.2001.0088"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1164\/rccm.2112059"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1418","DOI":"10.1164\/ajrccm.154.5.8912758","article-title":"Ventilatory mechanics at rest and during exercise in patients with cystic fibrosis","volume":"154","author":"Regnis","year":"1996","journal-title":"Am J Respir Crit Care Med"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/thx.2010.142646"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.resp.2011.08.009"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.6","first-page":"3629","article-title":"Effect of expiratory load on neural inspiratory drive","volume":"125","author":"Xiao","year":"2012","journal-title":"Chin Med J"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000317136"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1513\/pats.200611-159CC"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1378\/chest.09-2824"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.00063014"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.00036813"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.05.00034805"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.05.00035005"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.00093408"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1152\/japplphysiol.00914.2003"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1955","DOI":"10.1152\/jappl.2000.88.6.1955","article-title":"Respiratory muscle activity measured with a noninvasive EMG technique: technical aspects and reproducibility","volume":"88","author":"Maarsingh","year":"2000","journal-title":"J Appl Physiol"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/thx.2010.142646"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"241","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1651-2227.1994.tb18085.x","article-title":"Respiratory muscle activities after birth in asphyxiated preterm lambs","volume":"83","author":"Hutchison","year":"1994","journal-title":"Acta Paediatr"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1378\/chest.107.6.1590"},{"key":"2024101706454280000_2.1.00057-2015.20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"149","DOI":"10.1016\/S0300-2896(04)75494-0","article-title":"\u00bfC\u00f3mo valorar la percepci\u00f3n de la disnea inducida en la EPOC? 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