Breathing width

When breathing width is referred to in the pulmonology and orthopedics the difference in breast size between on and off breathing . The 4th intervertebral space is used and the value is measured on the third inhalation and exhalation.

The average breathing width is eight centimeters, a value of less than three centimeters is to be regarded as critical from a medical point of view. In ankylosing spondylitis breath widths are typically less than 2.5 centimeters.

There are three other ways to measure breathing width:

Chest Breathing: Measured under the armpit with arms hanging down. Normal value: about eight centimeters.
Upper flank breathing: Measured below the mammary gland in women and above the nipple line in men . Normal value: about nine centimeters.
Lower flank breathing: Measured at the lower edge of the chest . Normal value: approx. Eleven centimeters.

Individual evidence

^ Karlheinz Idelberger : Textbook of Orthopedics. Springer, 1970, ISBN 978-3-662-01134-8 , p. 107.
↑ Jürgen Schölmerich (Ed.): Medical therapy in clinic and practice. Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-662-12452-9 , p. 557.
^ Herbert Frisch: Programmed examination of the musculoskeletal system: Chirodiagnostik. Springer, 2013, ISBN 9783662095034 , p. 182.

[1] Karlheinz Idelberger : Textbook of Orthopedics. Springer, 1970, ISBN 978-3-662-01134-8 , p. 107.

[2] Jürgen Schölmerich (Ed.): Medical therapy in clinic and practice. Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-662-12452-9 , p. 557.

[3] Herbert Frisch: Programmed examination of the musculoskeletal system: Chirodiagnostik. Springer, 2013, ISBN 9783662095034 , p. 182.