Usefulness of phrenic nerve stimulation to measure upper airway collapsibility in normal awake subjects

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-67

  Sanfacon C ^a   Verin e E ^b   Marc, I ^a   Series F ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Airways, upper, collapsibility; Flow, limitation, inspiratory; Mammals, humans; Muscles, upper airways; Nerve, phrenic, stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MEASUREMENT; RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036185535     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(01)00339-5     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Upper airway activity and the thoracic volume dependence of upper airway resistance
2. Automobile accidents in patients with sleep apnea
3. A simple method for assessing the validity of oesophageal balloon technique
4. Size and mechanical properties of the pharynx in healthy men and women
5. A non-invasive intraoral electromyographic electrode for genioglossus muscle
6. Upper airway collapsibility in snorers and in patients with obstructive hypopnea and apnea
7. Upper airway dilating forces during wakefulness and sleep in dogs
8. Fluctuation in timing of upper airway and chest inspiratory muscle activity in obstructive sleep apnea
9. Static mechanics of the velopharynx of patients with obstructive sleep apnea
10. Advancement of the mandible improves velopharyngeal airway patency
11. Upper airway closing pressure in snorers
12. Selective activation of the genioglossus in humans
13. Influence of upper airway pressure changes on genioglossus muscle respiratory activity
14. Upper airway negative-pressure effects on respiratory activity of upper airway muscles
15. Waking genioglossal electromyogram in sleep apnea patients versus normals controls (a neuromuscular compensatory mechanism)
16. Bilateral anterior magnetic stimulation of the phrenic nerves from an anterolateral approach
17. Prospective study of the association between sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension
18. Snoring can be reduced when nasal airflow is increased by the nasal dilator Nozovent
19. Effects of genioglossal response to negative airway pressure on upper airway collapsibility during sleep
20. Pharyngeal shape and dimensions in healthy subjects, snorers, and patients with obstructive sleep apnea
21. Induction of upper airway occlusion in sleeping individuals with subatmospheric nasal pressure
22. Effect of positive nasal pressure on upper airway pressure-flow relationships
23. Effect of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty on upper airway collapsibility in obstructive sleep apnea
24. Influence of passive changes of lung volume on upper airways
25. Effects of sleep deprivation and sleep fragmentation on upper airway collapsibility in normal subjects
26. Inspiratory flow dynamics during phrenic nerve stimulation in awake normals
27. Assessment of upper airway dynamics in awaked sleep apnea patients with phrenic nerve stimulation
28. Activation of upper airway muscles before onset of inspiration in normal humans
29. Induction of airway collapse with subatmospheric pressure in awake patients with sleep apnea
30. Respiratory-related activity of soft palate muscles: augmentation by negative upper airway pressure
31. The occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing among middle-aged adults