Tongue-muscle training by intraoral electrical neurostimulation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 254-259

  Randerath, Winfried J ^a,d   Galetke, Wolfgang ^a   Domanski, Ulrike ^b,c   Weitkunat, Rolf ^c   Ruhle, Karl Heinz ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Klinik Ambrock   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Bethanien Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

CPAP; Electrical stimulation; Laryngeal muscles; Obstructive; Positive pressure ventilation; Sleep apnea; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE STIMULATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; THERAPY EFFECT; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEACHING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TEACHING; TONGUE;

EID: 3242810653     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/27.2.254     Document Type: Article

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