Effectiveness Of Oropharyngeal Exercises In Patients with Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Sleep apnea is an entity characterized by repetitive upper airway obstruction resulting in nocturnal hypoxia and sleep fragmentation daytime hypersomnolence Excessive day time sleepiness is a cardinal symptom of Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Methods: The patients with age group of 20-65 years with recently diagnosed with moderate OSAS having history of habitual snoring were included. Outcome measures-Daytime sleepiness of all the patients was evaluated with Epworth questionnaire. Intensity and frequency of snoring of the patient suffering from OSAS is evaluated from Bed partner assessment Chart 20 subjects having moderate OSAS were included in the study. All the subjects were instructed to perform oropharyngeal exercise for 30 minutes/day,5 days a week for 4 weeks. Observations and Results : At the end of study we found that day time sleepiness is reduced after 4 weeks of exercise sessions from 69.16% to 55.83%and intensity and frequency of snoring (BPAC scores) is reduced from 68% to 45%.We conclude that Oropharyngeal exercises is a new and simple technique to improve ESS, and decreases the intensity and frequency of snoring (BPAC scores)
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Himanshu Pathak
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