Percutaneous biphasic electrical stimulation for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-187

  Hu, Lianggang ^a   Xu, Xiaomei ^a   Gong, Yongsheng ^a   Fan, Xiaofang ^a   Wang, Liangxing ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^b   Zeng, Yanjun ^c  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Genioglossus; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS); Percutaneous biphasic electrical stimulation; Sleep medicine

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

ELECTRICAL PULSES; GENIOGLOSSUS; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (OSAS); PERCUTANEOUS BIPHASIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY (PSG); SLEEP MEDICINE;

DISEASES;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349002497     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.897836     Document Type: Article

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