Application of the 'pull-off' force method for measurement of surface tension of upper airway mucosal lining liquid

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 677-688

  Kirkness, Jason P ^a   Christenson, Hugo K ^b   Wheatley, John R ^a   Amis, Terence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Saliva; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; LININGS; SILICA; SURFACE TENSION;

AIR-PRESSURE; FORCE METHOD; INTRALUMINAL; LIQUID LAYER; MEASUREMENTS OF; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NUMBER OF FACTORS; PULL-OFF FORCES; SALIVA; UPPER AIRWAY;

LIQUIDS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADHESION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 23744441534     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/009     Document Type: Article

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