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Upper Airway Physical Therapy for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

NCT02109731 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2015-04-15

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and feasibility of upper airway muscle physical therapy utilizing negative airway pressure (NAP) breathing training in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) in reducing both signs (apnea hypopnea index) and symptoms (i.e., daytime sleepiness).The key to the proposed therapy is the use of Negative Air Pressure when awake so that the increased reflex phasic drive to the muscles will result in muscle conditioning. Interestingly, other studies have indicated that upper airway muscle training may be useful in treating OSAS, but these studies used techniques that were not scientifically designed{Puhan, 2006 8195 /id} or used a technique (electrical stimulation) that was not well tolerated.{Lequeux, 2005 7514 /id}

Conditions

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Negative airway pressure delivery

Negative airway pressure delivery (breathing against a vaccuum) in order to improve the tone of the upper airway muscles and make them less susceptible to collapse during sleep.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Rochester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Suzanne Karan, MD · University of Rochester

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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