Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure in healthy Japanese subjects: Mean values and lower limits of normal

Respiration

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Kamide, Naoto ^a   Ogino, Mieko ^b   Yamashina, Noriko ^a   Fukuda, Michinari ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Healthy Japanese people; Inspiratory muscle strength; Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; JAPANESE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK NASAL INSPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNIFF NASAL INSPIRATORY PRESSURE; SNIFFING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249124488     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167321     Document Type: Article

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