Gungor A, Moinuddin R, Nelson R H, Corey J P
Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Chicago, USA.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999 Feb;120(2):238-47. doi: 10.1016/S0194-5998(99)70413-4.
Acoustic rhinometry is an appropriate method for detecting and recording the nasal cycle in normal subjects in terms of the cross-sectional areas and volume of the nasal cavity. In this study, we tried to detect and to define the nasal cycle in normal subjects so that we might develop a reliable and reproducible technique to be used in conjunction with studies on the physiology and pathology of nasal disease. We used normal volunteer adult subjects and performed bilateral acoustic rhinometry measurements every 15 minutes over 4 hours, along with the use of a visual analog scale for assessment of the subjective feeling of congestion (or patency) just before each acoustic rhinometry measurement. Volume and cross-sectional area changes were observed along with subjective patency-score changes in each subject. The subjective feeling of patency was not related to the volume and cross-sectional area changes measured simultaneously. The technique of recording the nasal cycle with acoustic rhinometry in nasal research is presented.
就鼻腔的横截面积和容积而言，鼻声反射测量法是检测和记录正常受试者鼻周期的一种合适方法。在本研究中，我们试图检测并界定正常受试者的鼻周期，以便我们能够开发出一种可靠且可重复的技术，用于结合鼻腔疾病的生理学和病理学研究。我们使用正常成年志愿者受试者，在4小时内每隔15分钟进行双侧鼻声反射测量，同时在每次鼻声反射测量前使用视觉模拟量表评估充血（或通畅）的主观感受。观察了每个受试者的容积和横截面积变化以及主观通畅评分变化。通畅的主观感受与同时测量的容积和横截面积变化无关。本文介绍了在鼻腔研究中用鼻声反射测量法记录鼻周期的技术。
