Modifies a noun

• stridor: She is not in any respiratory distress but a soft inspiratory stridor is audible and she is drooling saliva.

• muscle: Within a few days, inspiratory muscles will feel stronger and within four weeks lung function will improve.

• pressure: The inspiratory pressure can be adjusted by moving a weight along a beam above the bellows.

• effort: Subjects were required to perform repeated inspiratory efforts at 80 % of SMIP 3 times weekly.

• function: To establish whether there was a relationship between nutritional status and inspiratory muscle function in patients with cystic fibrosis.

• training: Inspiratory muscle training improves lung function and exercise capacity in adults with cystic fibrosis.