Effect of unilateral forced nostril breathing on tonic accommodation and intraocular pressure

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 396-400

  Chen, Jennifer C ^a   Brown, Brian ^a   Schmid, Katrina L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Intraocular pressure; Tonic accommodation; Unilateral forced nostril breathing

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CILIARY MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; NOSE CARTILAGE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETER;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NOSE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 13244279608     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-004-0200-4     Document Type: Article

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