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Randomised sham-controlled trial of transcutaneous electrical stimulation in obstructive sleep apnoea

INTRODUCTION: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterised by a loss of neuromuscular tone of the upper airway dilator muscles while asleep. This study investigated the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical stimulation in patients with OSA. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a randomised, sham-c...

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Autores principales: Pengo, Martino F, Xiao, Sichang, Ratneswaran, Culadeeban, Reed, Kate, Shah, Nimish, Chen, Tao, Douiri, Abdel, Hart, Nicholas, Luo, Yuanming, Rafferty, Gerrard F, Rossi, Gian Paolo, Williams, Adrian, Polkey, Michael I, Moxham, John, Steier, Joerg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27435610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208691