The effect of head posture on the pharyngeal airway space (PAS)

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 579-583

  Muto, Toshikata ^a   Takeda, S ^a   Kanazawa, M ^a   Yamazaki, A ^a   Fujiwara, Y ^a   Mizoguchi, I ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head posture; Lateral Cephalometric radiograph; Pharyngeal airway space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD POSITION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOSE BREATHING; PHARYNX; PROGNATHIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL MODEL; TONGUE; TOOTH OCCLUSION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036916645     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0279     Document Type: Article

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