RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Breathless in the bath
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 554
OP 555
DO 10.1136/bjsm.2005.021246
VO 40
IS 6
A1 G P Whyte
A1 M Harries
A1 J Dickinson
A1 M I Polkey
YR 2006
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/6/554.abstract
AB The case is reported of a male track and field athlete with breathing difficulties at rest and during exercise, which were exacerbated in the supine position and during water immersion. Right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis was diagnosed. The cause of this relatively benign disorder is not known and there are no serious clinical implications. There is no treatment, but a continuation of exercise together with interventions to strengthen the subsidiary inspiratory muscles is recommended.