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Singing Exercises to Improve Symptoms of Snoring and Sleep Apnea

NCT01322334 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 127

Last updated 2011-03-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Upper airway resistance during sleep can present with a range of symptoms from simple snoring (SS) through to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Pharyngeal narrowing or collapse leads to reduction or cessation in airflow during sleep, and is associated with loud snoring.

The investigators hypothesized that regular singing exercises could strengthen pharyngeal muscles and/or increase their resting tone, and lead to an improvement of symptoms and thus quality of life in patients with all forms of snoring.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Singing exercises

A 3 month self-guided treatment based on a specially designed 3CD box set, which patient performed every day ('Singing for Snorers': UK)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Malcolm P Hilton, BMBCh FRCS · Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-11-30
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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