Continuous transcutaneous submental electrical stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea: A feasibility study

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 998-1007

  Steier, Joerg ^a   Seymour, John ^a   Rafferty, Gerrard F ^a   Jolley, Caroline J ^a   Solomon, Eskinder ^b   Luo, Yuanming ^c   Man, William D C ^d   Polkey, Michael I ^d   Moxham, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery   (China)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NONREM SLEEP; OXYGENATION; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STOMACH PRESSURE; TONGUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 80053469959     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2614     Document Type: Article

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