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Effects of Oropharyngeal Exercises on Patients With Primary Snore, Mild and Moderate Obstructive

NCT01636856 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2014-05-28

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Summary

Randomized study of patients with primary snore, mild and moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Protocol include 40 patients randomized to oropharyngeal exercise or use of nasal dilator, breathing exercise and nasal lavage. The objectives are study the effects of therapy on oropharyngeal in a series of clinical and physiologic and anatomic variables, changes on snore and quality of sleep using Pharyngeal Critical Pressure, Magnetic Resonance, Negative expiratory pressure and snore analyses. Hypothesis that the therapy group (oropharyngeal exercises) will have more modifications compared to the control group.

Conditions

  • Primary Snore, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Mild and Moderate).

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Oropharyngeal exercises

Oropharyngeal exercises (derived from speech language pathology) to the soft palate, tongue and facial muscles exercises as well as stomatognathic functions.

BEHAVIORAL

Respiratory exercises, nasal dilator, nasal lavage

Respiratory exercises, nasal dilator, nasal lavage

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vanessa Ieto · Heart Institute - InCor

  • Fabiane Kayamori · Heart Institute - InCor

  • Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, MD, PhD · Heart Institute - InCor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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