Myofunctional therapy to treat obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sleep

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 669-675

  Camacho, Macario ^a   Certal, Victor ^b   Abdullatif, Jose ^c   Zaghi, Soroush ^d   Ruoff, Chad M ^a   Capasso, Robson ^a   Kushida, Clete A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy methods; Myofunctional therapy methods; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep apnea syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TRAINING; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADENOIDECTOMY; METABOLISM; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGE; TONSILLECTOMY;

OXYGEN;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY; OXYGEN; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84928885769     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4652     Document Type: Article

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