pneumograph
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A pneumograph, also known as a pneumatograph or spirograph, is a device for recording velocity and force of chest movements during respiration. While spirometry measures respiratory rate and other markers of respiratory health via analysis of the airflow from the lungs during inhalation and exhalation, pneumography measures the respiratory rate via chest motion.
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A pneumograph, also known as a pneumatograph or spirograph, is a device for recording velocity and force of chest movements during respiration. While spirometry measures respiratory rate and other markers of respiratory health via analysis of the airflow from the lungs during inhalation and exhalation, pneumography measures the respiratory rate via chest motion.
==Principle of operation== There are various kinds of pneumographic devices, which have different principles of operation.