The Efficacy and Maintain Effect of OPR on OSA Patients After Palatal Surgery

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Conditions studied: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the maintain effect of palatal surgery and oropharyngeal rehabilitation (OPR) by using the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), tongue muscle strength and the space of the upper airway in patients with OSA.The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Will the severity of OSA, tongue muscle strength and the space of upper airway improve more in the palatal surgery combined OPR group than the other two groups? 2. Will The maintain effect of tongue muscle strength and the space of upper airway be better in the palatal surgery combined OPR group? Participants will be divided into 3 groups including palatal surgery combined OPR group, palatal surgery group and OPR group by the doctor's advice and their willingness.The OPR for the treatment groups included three 30-minute sessions of OPR per day, and the exercise would be performed 3-5 days per week for 3 months.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06115018
Run by: Yi-Ju, Lai
People needed: 90
Starts: 2024-05-17
Expected to finish: 2026-12-31
Last updated by the study team: 2024-08-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

mild to severe obstructive sleep apnea patients

You may not qualify if…

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
Adenoidal hypertrophy
Bilateral tonsile hypertrophy
Morbid Obesity
Drug or alcohol abuse in one year
Pregnancy
Severe lung disease
Heart disease with high risk of exercise
Neuromuscular disease that can't follow the exercise program
Central or mixed sleep apnea

Where it is running

National Cheng Kung University Hospital — Tainan, Taiwan (enrolling)

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