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We present retrospective cohort data from two large teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>60 patients who were assessed either as inpatients or outpatients were included in this study. Patients with progressive neuromuscular disease were excluded. Clinical presentation, tests of respiratory muscle function (sitting\/supine vital capacity, maximal expiratory pressure (MEP), maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and sniff nasal inspiratory pressure (SNIP)) and outcomes were recorded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>For patients with diaphragmatic palsy, mean\u00b1<jats:sc>sd<\/jats:sc>seated and supine vital capacity pre-noninvasive ventilation (NIV) were reduced at 1.7\u00b11.2\u2005L and 1.1\u00b10.9\u2005L, respectively, with a mean\u00b1<jats:sc>sd<\/jats:sc>postural fall in vital capacity of 42\u00b10.16%. The mean MEP\/MIP and MEP\/SNIP ratios for diaphragmatic palsy were 3 and 3.5, respectively. After a year of treatment with NIV, mean\u00b1<jats:sc>sd<\/jats:sc>upright and supine vital capacity had increased to 2.1\u00b10.9\u2005L and 1.8\u00b11\u2005L, respectively, and the mean\u00b1<jats:sc>sd<\/jats:sc>fall in vital capacity from sitting to supine reduced to 29\u00b10.17%. MEP\/MIP and MEP\/SNIP ratios reduced to 2.6 and 2.9, respectively, from the pre-NIV values. The values of postural fall in vital capacity correlated (p&lt;0.05) with MEP\/MIP and MEP\/SNIP ratio (r<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.86 and r<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=0.7, respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Tests of respiratory muscle strength are valuable in the diagnostic workup of patients with unexplained dyspnoea. A triad of 1) orthopnoea, with 2) normal lung imaging and 3) MEP\/MIP and\/or MEP\/SNIP ratio \u22652.7 points towards isolated diaphragmatic palsy. 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