Positional therapy for the reduction of obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Kim, Se Joong ^a   Choi, Jiho ^a   Park, Young Hwan ^b   Hong, Jung Hwa ^b   Park, Dongsun ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a   Kim, Je Hyeong ^a   Miyazaki, Soichiro ^c   Lee, Jungbok ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Obstructive; Posture; Sleep apnea; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIONAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SATISFACTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEST DEVICE;

EID: 79960350168     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2011.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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