Postural changes in respiratory airflow pressure and resistance in nasal, hypopharyngeal, and pharyngeal airway in normal subjects

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-221

  Tvinnereim, Magne ^a,b   Cole, Philip ^a   Mateika, Susan ^a   Haight, James ^a   Hoffstein, Victor ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

hypopharyngeal resistance; nasal resistance; pharyngeal resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING PATTERN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; PHARYNX; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0029962194     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500308     Document Type: Article

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