The efficacy of a novel tongue-stabilizing device on polysomnographic variables in sleep-disordered breathing: A pilot study

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-76

  Kingshott, Ruth N ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Taylor, D Robin ^b   Robertson, Christopher J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Oral appliances; Sleep disordered breathing; Snoring; Tongue retainers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; SNORING; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONGUE;

EID: 0036302079     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-002-0069-1     Document Type: Article

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