Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2004

Oscillometric assessment of airway obstruction in a mechanical model of vocal cord dysfunction

  • Jordi Rigau

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Biofı́sica i Bioenginyeria. Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Ramon Farré

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Biofı́sica i Bioenginyeria. Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34-93-402-4515; fax: +34-93-402-4516
  • ,
  • Xavier Trepat

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Biofı́sica i Bioenginyeria. Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Dennis Shusterman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
  • ,
  • Daniel Navajas

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Biofı́sica i Bioenginyeria. Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain

,Accepted 23 June 2003.

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PII: S0021-9290(03)00256-2

doi: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00256-2

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2004