Lateral cephalometric analysis of the pharyngeal airway space affected by head posture

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 805-809

  Anegawa, E ^a   Tsuyama, H ^a   Kusukawa, J ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cephalometric analysis; correlation equation; head posture; pharyngeal airway space (PAS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; PHARYNX; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 52049105395     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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