In patients with chronic cough and age-matched control subjects, we attempted to evoke coughing and/or an urge to cough (UTC) by finger pressure along the sternocleidomastoid and sternum, on the lower cervical or first dorsal vertebrae, the jugular notch as well as with maximum neck extension and flexion These mechanical actions were ineffective in controls but reproducibly evoked coughing or UTC in about 50% of chronic coughers; sternal and spinal responses were abolished temporarily by local cooling. The results may disclose a novel paradigm of cough sensitisation possibly involving central convergence of somatic and visceral neural stimuli.
Somatic points for cough and urge to cough in chronic coughers / Mannini, Claudia; Bernacchi, Guja; Bonti, Viola; Cinelli, Elenia; Mutolo, Donatella; Fontana, Giovanni A; Lavorini, Federico. - In: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. - ISSN 1745-0454. - ELETTRONICO. - 200:(2022), pp. 0-0. [10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106929]
Somatic points for cough and urge to cough in chronic coughers
Mannini, Claudia;Bernacchi, Guja;Bonti, Viola;Cinelli, Elenia;Mutolo, Donatella;Fontana, Giovanni A;Lavorini, Federico
2022
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In patients with chronic cough and age-matched control subjects, we attempted to evoke coughing and/or an urge to cough (UTC) by finger pressure along the sternocleidomastoid and sternum, on the lower cervical or first dorsal vertebrae, the jugular notch as well as with maximum neck extension and flexion These mechanical actions were ineffective in controls but reproducibly evoked coughing or UTC in about 50% of chronic coughers; sternal and spinal responses were abolished temporarily by local cooling. The results may disclose a novel paradigm of cough sensitisation possibly involving central convergence of somatic and visceral neural stimuli.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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