The impact of oronasal breathing on perioral musculature

ABSTRACT Purpose: to compare the behavior of perioral muscles in nasal, oral and oronasal respirators. Methods: a sample consisting of three distinct groups, equally subdivided into Nasal, Oral and Oronasal Respirators. The behavior of the orbicular muscle of the mouth (upper part) and mentual one...

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Main Authors: Fabíola Maria Gonçalves Félix Mattos, Fausto Bérzin, Mirian Hideko Nagae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Motricidade Orofacial - ABRAMO
Series:Revista CEFAC
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-18462017000600801&lng=en&tlng=en