Assessment of upper airway dynamic properties using sternal phrenic nerve magnetic stimulation in awake subjects

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-222

  Borel, Jean Christian ^a   Melo Silva, César Augusto ^a,b   Gakwaya, Simon ^a   Sériès, Frédéric ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetic stimulation; Phrenic nerve; Sternum; Upper airway collapsibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MAXIMAL INSPIRATORY FLOW; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE MAGNETIC STIMULATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STERNUM; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052362709     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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