Induced oral breathing and craniocervical postural relations: An experimental study in healthy young adults

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Sforza, Chiarella ^a,b,c   Colombo, Anna ^c,d   Turci, Michela ^c,e,f,g   Grassi, GianPiero ^c,e,f,g   Ferrario, Virgilio F ^c,h  

^a Department of Human Anatomy ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Lab Funct Anat Stomatognathic A   (Italy)

^e Lombardia Sup Inst of Phys Educ   (Italy)

^f 21078   (France)

^g Lab Funct Anat Locomotor A   (Italy)

^h POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOUTH BREATHING; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; AUDITORY CANAL; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; HEAD; IMAGE PROCESSING; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL BONE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; NOSE; POSTURE; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 1542379026     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/crn.2004.004     Document Type: Article

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