title: Change in the nose areas in children with mouth breathing after nasal cleansing and massage.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the changes occurred in the nasal cavity geometry, before and after nasal cleansing, through nasal aeration and acoustic rhinometry in children with oral breathing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty children aged four to 12 years were included in the study. The gathering of participants was conducted at the Multifunctional Laboratory of the Speech Pathology Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE. The following procedures were conducted: Identification Index of Signs and Symptoms of Oral Breathing; marking of nasal expiratory airflow using the graded mirror of Altmann, and examination of the Nasal Geometry by Acoustic Rhinometry. The same procedures were performed after nasal massage and cleansing with saline solution.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant change was observed in the areas with respect to the nasal airflow on both sides after nasal cleansing and massage. As for nasal geometry, measured by acoustic rhinometry, comparison between the nostrils showed that the effect of cleansing and massage was discrete.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nasal aeration measures showed sensitivity to the cleansing and massage technique and measures of nasal geometry confirmed its effect on respiratory physiology.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Carolina Cardoso de
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana de Oliveira Camargo
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniele Andrade da
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Sandro Júnior Henrique
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Wigna Rayssa Pereira
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Renata Andrade da
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE - Recife (PE), Brasil.
authors.forename: Hilton Justino da
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods*; D009058:Mouth Breathing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D023842:Rhinometry, Acoustic