ip muscle strength training, sleep apnea and sleep quality

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sleep apnea; Sleep quality; lip muscle strength; Respiratory - Sleep apnoea

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000632796
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-06-05
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of sleep apnea, Apneic-hypopneic index (AHI)>5

Exclusion Criteria

Persons with:
-Missing teeth
-Moderate high blood pressure (160/100mmHg)
-Cardiovascular or respiratory conditions (COPD, heart diseases etc), diabetes, metabolic syndrome

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Apneic-hypopneic index (AHI) - determined by LS-100 Sleep monitoring system (Fukuda Denshi, Tokyo). <br>[At baseline, 4 & 8 weeks post-lip muscle training.];Lip closure force (lip muscle strength) - determined by Lip De Cum (Cosmo Instruments, Tokyo, Japan).<br>[At baseline, 4 & 8 weeks post-lip muscle training.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep quality - determined by Actiwatch 2 (Philips Respironics, Murrysville, PA, USA).[At baseline, 4 & 8 weeks post-lip muscle training.]