Patients with asthma have impaired diaphragm thickening fraction compared with healthy individuals without asthma.

Asthma is a condition marked by recurrent attacks of difficult breathing and wheezing due to spasmodic constriction of the bronchi tubes.

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The following were performed: chest X-ray, which showed elevation of the right hemidiaphragm; respiratory function tests, which revealed mild restrictive lung disease; and ultrasound of the diaphragm, ...