Toronto rhinomanometry: laboratory, field and clinical studies.

This article reviews rhinological studies of clinical relevance which were undertaken in the Airflow Laboratories of the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, during the period 1980-1987. Physiological, clinical and field studies of more than 10,000 subjects and patients are detailed. The computer-assisted methods and equipment developed and validated in our laboratories are described and examples of rhinomanometric tests are presented.