TY - JOUR AU - Giraldo Cadavid, Luis Fernando AU - Agudelo Otálora, Luis Mauricio AU - Burguete, Javier AU - Arbulú Saavedra, Mario Ricardo AU - Moscoso Barrera, William Daniel AU - Martínez, Fabio AU - Ortiz, Andrés Felipe AU - Diaz, Juan AU - Pantoja, Jaime A. AU - Rueda Arango, Andrés Felipe AU - Fernández González, Secundino PY - 2016 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10818/33048 AB - Laryngo-pharyngeal mechano-sensitivity (LPMS) is involved in dysphagia, sleep apnea, stroke, irritable larynx syndrome and cough hypersensitivity syndrome among other disorders. These conditions are associated with a wide range of airway reflex... LA - eng PB - BioMedical Engineering OnLine KW - Accuracy KW - Airway KW - Biomedical engineering KW - Biomedical equipment KW - Biomedical imaging KW - Bronchoscopy KW - Calibration KW - Deglutition KW - Endoscopes KW - Esthesiometer KW - Fiber lasers KW - Larynx KW - Mechanoreceptor KW - Medical diagnosis KW - Optical fibers KW - Pharynx KW - Sensory threshold TI - Design, development and validation of a new laryngo-pharyngeal endoscopic esthesiometer and range-finder based on the assessment of air-pulse variability determinants DO - 10.1186/s12938-016-0166-1 ER -