Open AccessRelationship between mouth breathing and postural alterations of children: A descriptive analysis
Author(s) -
Lilian Krakauer,
Arnaldo Guilherme
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the international journal of orofacial myology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2694-2526
pISSN - 0735-0120
DOI - 10.52010/ijom.2000.26.1.2
Subject(s) - breathing , mouth breathing , documentation , respiration , medicine , psychology , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anesthesia , computer science , anatomy , programming language
The research within this article seeks to verify and demonstrate the consequences of mouth breathing versus nasal respiration and to view supposed postural alterations in groups of children within specific age ranges. The authors state that children with nasal respiration, age 8 and above, present with better posture than those who continue oral breathing beyond age 8. The importance of picture documentation is stressed in order to provide the most information regarding postural changes. A review of research and literature is provided in the article.