Efficacy study of a vest-type device for positional therapy in position dependent snorers

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-187

  Choi, Ji Ho ^a   Park, Young Hwan ^a   Hong, Jung Hwa ^a   Kim, Se Joong ^b   Park, Dong Sun ^b   Miyazaki, Soichiro ^c   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a   Shin, Chol ^b   Lee, JungBok ^b  

^a Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Positional therapy; Sleep device; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARALLEL DESIGN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIONAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SUPINE POSITION; VEST TYPE DEVICE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 70350093785     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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