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- Title
Postural Facial Deformation of Patients With Bulbar Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Virtual Fit of Noninvasive Ventilation Mask.
- Authors
Hayoung Jung; Soo-Yeon Kim; Xin Cui; Wonsup Lee; Dohoon Kwon; Zee Won Seo; Hyun-Yoon Ko; Sang Hun Kim; Ra-Yu Yun; Heecheon You; Sungchul Huh
- Abstract
The article analyzes morphologic differences in facial soft tissue of subjects with bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) requiring noninvasive ventilation (NIV). An NIV mask was virtually fitted to understand how the NIV mask interface affects the face in different postures. Topics discussed include facial pressure distribution, facial deformations in different postures, and anteroposterior directional difference of the lower lip area during transition from sitting to supine.
- Subjects
FACIAL anatomy; REPEATED measures design; DATA analysis; SCIENTIFIC observation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MEDICAL masks; ARTIFICIAL respiration; STATISTICS; ANALYSIS of variance; POSTURE; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2023, Vol 68, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4187/respcare.10055