Forward head posture: Its structural and functional influence on the stomatognathic system, a conceptual study

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-80

  Gonzalez, Humberto E ^a,b   Manns, Arturo ^b,c,d,e  

^a Universidad de Chile ^*  (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Oral Physiology Laboratory

^d Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING DISORDER; CERVICAL SPINE; HEAD; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH AND TEETH; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOMANDIBULAR DISORDERS; HEAD; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS I; POSTURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 0029677677     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08869634.1996.11745952     Document Type: Article

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