Effect of genioglossus contraction on pharyngeal lumen and airflow in sleep apnoea patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 748-758

  Oliven, A ^a,c   Tov, N ^a   Geitini, L ^a   Steinfeld, U ^a   Oliven, R ^a   Schwartz, A R ^b   Odeh, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genioglossus; Muscle; Pharynx; Sleep disordered breathing; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; GENIOGLOSSUS CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL LUMEN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONGUE; VELOPHARYNX; ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLES; OXYGEN; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 38449123440     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00131106     Document Type: Article

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