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Rationale: Chronic cough (cough >8 weeks) is common, leads to an impaired quality of life, and is difficult to treat. Despite intensive investigation, ~40% of patients referred to a specialist cough clinic will remain resistant to treatment targeted at peripheral triggers such a…

Voluntary coughs are used as a diagnostic tool to detect lung diseases. Understanding the mechanics of a cough is therefore crucial to accurately interpreting the test results. A cough is characterised by a dynamic compression of the airways, resulting in large flow velocities a…