What factors can negatively affect peak flow in a normal person? For example lying down, body posture, stress?
Peak flow changes. Any things which trigger your asthma will decrease your peak flow rate. Also anything which restricts the movement of your chest wall - tight fitting clothes, injury to the chest wall.
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