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Article: Research from University of Helsinki reveals new findings on diagnostics.
- Article from:
- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- October 22, 2009
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"Exercise-induced vocal cord dysfunction is difficult to diagnose because the paradoxical vocal cord adduction should be observed during exercise. Our goal was to develop and validate a new diagnostic method for exercise-induced vocal cord dysfunction by combining continuous fiberoptic laryngoscopy with a bicycle ergometry test," investigators in Helsinki, Finland report (see also Diagnostics).
"Thirty consecutive patients referred to a laryngologist because of suspicion of exercise-induced vocal cord dysfunction and 15 healthy controls underwent the exercise test until dyspnea or exhaustion rated as 18-19/20 on the Borg scale. Laryngeal findings, ...