Clinical causes of restrictive ventilatory defects

Restrictive ventilatory defects in adults

Intrinsic causes for example	Extrinsic causes for example	Neuromuscular disease for example
interstitial fibrosis heart failure and lung edema pneumonia tuberculosis pulmonary fibrosis due to radiation or chemotherapy pneumothorax	kyphoscoliosis extreme obesity pregnancy space occupying lesion in abdomen pain	paralysis of one or both diaphragmatic domes muscular dystrophy poliomyelitis muscle weakness, e.g. due to malnutrition