Lead Sponsor

Kessler Foundation

Collaborators

Age

18 - 70 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•Chronic spinal cord injury that occurred more than 6 months ago
•An impaired ability to cough (cough peak flow less than 300 L/min)
•Oxygen saturation greater than or equal to 95% when awake and not receiving supplemental oxygen
•End-tidal carbon dioxide level less than 43 mm Hg
•Without a fever or other signs of an acute illness for the previous 2 weeks
•Able to learn the treatment protocol and have someone available at home to assist if needed to help set-up and use the equipment

•Under 18 years of age
•Currently have a tracheotomy tube
•Have a history of an acute illness in the last 2 weeks
•Have lung disease as seen on chest x-ray that results in a baseline oxygen saturation decreasing below 95% during daytime hours and cannot be normalized by usual way of coughing
•Already utilizing an oximetry protocol
•Have a significant medical complication and psychiatric condition that would interfere with the conduct of the study or interpretation of the study results.

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