Impact of external nasal strips on nasal geometry and intranasal air-conditioning

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 506-510

  Lindemann, Joerg ^a   Tsakiropoulou, Evangelia ^b   Keck, Tilman ^a   Leiacker, Richard ^a   Vital, Victor ^b   Wiesmiller, Kerstin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Airflow; External nasal strip; Minimal cross sectional area; Nasal air conditioning; Nasal humidity; Nasal patency; Nasal temperature; Nasal volume; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NASAL STRIP; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE BREATHING; NOSE CONGESTION; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY; TURBINATE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 53549104125     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3215     Document Type: Article

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