Background: Due to aging, blood flow rate decreases, also posture and chewing habit may be changed. Objective: To identify that changes in blood velocity in the common carotid arteries (CCAs) in old persons with unilateral chewing habit (UCH) and forward head posture (FHP) in the elderly. Design: An observational cross-sectional study. Methods: Chewing habits, FHP, and CCAs velocities were assessed in 85 elderly subjects. Chewing habits were measured by visual observation. CCAs measured the peak systolic velocity (PSV), end-diastolic velocity (EDV), minimum diastolic velocity, and resistivity index. The subjects were divided into UCH and bilateral chewing habit groups depending on chewing habit. The subjects were also divided into >49 degrees and <49 degrees for comparison of blood flow between the left and right CCAs. Results: In the UCH, the chewing side had significantly higher EDV (P=.003), PSV (P=.023) than the non-chewing side. There was no significant difference in velocity between the CCAs in the FHP. Conclusion: This study shows that the blood flow velocity of the chewing side of UCH was higher, and unilateral chewing affects the CCAs velocity and thus highlight the importance of chewing habit in the elderly than head posture.

본 논문에서는 다공성 매질의 투수계수장이 비정체형인 경우 대수투수계수 및 수두와 속도의 교차공분산을 통하여 불규칙한 유동장을 규명하였으며, 포화대수층 내의 속도 및 수도 분포는 유입이 없는 2차원, 정상 유동문제를 추계학적으로 해석하여 구하였다. 이들 교차공분산들은 준 해석적 형태로 나타낼 수 있으며 비정체형 투수장과 수두의 평균 기울기를 나타내는 매개변수들로 표현된다. 투수계수의 상관 함수가 가우스 분포를 가지고 그 경향이 평균 수두 기울기와 평행한