Assessment of Neck Grasp as a Screening Tool for Identifying Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

BACKGROUND: Inability to encircle the neck by hands (neck grasp) has been proposed as an indicator of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that would be useful for recognition of candidates for polysomnography (PSG). We assessed the value of neck grasp for predicting OSA in community-dwelling older adults...

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Autores principales: Del Brutto, Oscar H., Mera, Robertino M., Recalde, Bettsy Y., Castillo, Pablo R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Pilot Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33356814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150132720984421

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33356814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150132720984421

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