Effect of postural change on nasal airway and autonomic nervous system established by rhinomanometry and heart rate variability analysis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Ko, Jen Hung ^a   Kuo, Terry B J ^b   Lee, Guo She ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Nasal airway; Nasal resistance; Postural change; Rhinomanometry; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RHINOMANOMETRY; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; POSTURE; RHINOMANOMETRY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 42449121030     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3143     Document Type: Article

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