Glossopharyngeal breathing, abbreviated GPB and also called glossopharyngeal insufflation, buccal pumping, or frog breathing, is a technique for pistoning air into the lungs to volumes greater than a person's own breathing muscles can achieve, using the glottis to gulp boluses of air into the lungs. It was first observed by physicians in the late 1940s in polio patients at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Los Angeles, by Dr. Clarence W. Dail, who first described it in 1951 in the journal California Medicine, and it can benefit people with weak inspiratory muscles and no ability to breathe normally on their own, including some ventilator users with no autonomous ability to breathe, who can use the technique for autonomous breathing lasting minutes to all day. One breath usually consists of six to nine gulps of air, and researchers have documented Duchenne muscular dystrophy ventilator users who succeeded with the technique even though severe oropharyngeal muscle weakness can limit its usefulness.
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Does weak throat muscle strength stop glossopharyngeal breathing from working?
It can limit its usefulness, but some ventilator users with Duchenne muscular dystrophy succeeded with it.
Severe oropharyngeal muscle weakness can limit how useful glossopharyngeal breathing is. Even so, researchers have cited ventilator users with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who were very successful using it. This is the record of what is reported, not medical advice.
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- First described by Dail in 1951 in California Medicine, article intro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossopharyngeal_breathing, lead section
Glossopharyngeal breathing (GPB, glossopharyngeal insufflation, buccal pumping, or frog breathing) is a means of pistoning air into the lungs to volumes greater than can be achieved by the person's breathing muscles (greater than maximum inspiratory capacity).
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Glossopharyngeal breathing (GPB, glossopharyngeal insufflation, buccal pumping, or frog breathing) is a means of pistoning air into the lungs to volumes greater than can be achieved by the person's breathing muscles (greater than maximum inspiratory capacity).
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