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Evaluation of postural balance in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

Author(s) -

Turgay Demir,

Kezban Aslan,

Meltem Demirkıran

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

neurologia i neurochirurgia polska

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 1897-4260

pISSN - 0028-3843

DOI - 10.5603/pjnns.a2019.0059

Subject(s) - medicine , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , sleep (system call) , physical therapy , cardiology , computer science , operating system

Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) can be more prone to accidents due to excessive daytime sleepiness which can lead to attention deficits and thereby cause balance problems. One of the tests evaluating postural balance is static posturography (SPG). In this study, we aimed to evaluate postural balance with SPG in OSAS patients.

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