Background/aim: The measure of maximal expiratory pressure (MEP) has been used for respiratory muscle
assessment. However, this measure has some contraindications, because it was believed
that the responses obtained in this measure are similar with the Valsalva maneuver
(VM). The objective of this study is to evaluate the heart rate responses (HR) during
MEP measure and VM in healthy young men, in different postures, to identify if and
in which situation the MEP reproduces the responses obtained in VM.
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