Does upper airway muscle injury trigger a vicious cycle in obstructive sleep apnea? A hypothesis

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-471

  Petrof, Basil J ^a,b   Hendricks, Joan C ^c   Pack, Allan I ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle damage; Muscle remodeling; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pharyngeal dilator muscles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHODILATATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0029841313     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.6.465     Document Type: Article

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