[Stress, psychological characteristics, and respiratory variables]

This study compares the respiratory reactions of 40 normal subjects and 40 coronary patients. The respiratory measures are taken under stress and under normal situations. The psychological features of the eighty subjects are known; they are drawn from a test battery implementing the MMPI, the ABV and the DS. The study is meant to identify the interaction between the psychological and bioclinical measures. The bioclinical measures comprise several respiratory parameters: they are taken under mental and physical stress.