Open AccessMyofunctional Therapy to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Macario Camacho,
Victor Certal,
José Abdullatif,
Soroush Zaghi,
Chad Ruoff,
Robson Capasso,
Clete A. Kushida
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.4652
Subject(s) - medicine , polysomnography , epworth sleepiness scale , obstructive sleep apnea , meta analysis , cochrane library , confidence interval , sleep apnea , strictly standardized mean difference , apnea , physical therapy
To systematically review the literature for articles evaluating myofunctional therapy (MT) as treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children and adults and to perform a meta-analysis on the polysomnographic, snoring, and sleepiness data.
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