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The Efficacy and Maintain Effect of OPR on OSA Patients After Palatal Surgery
Sponsor: Yi-Ju, Lai
Summary
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.
Official title: The Efficacy and Maintain Effect of Oropharyngeal Rehabilitation on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients After Palatal Surgery
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 100 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
90
Start Date
2024-05-17
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2024-08-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Palatal surgery
Palate surgery has evolved from the ablative partial palate resections, which favored the removal of the soft tissue that obstructed the upper airway (UA), to more recent innovative reconstructive procedures that not only address the level of palatal obstruction, but the type of palatal or lateral pharyngeal wall collapse.
Oropharyngeal rehabilitation
Oropharyngeal rehabilitation (OPR) focus on the upper airway muscle including tongue muscle, palatal muscles and paryngeal muscles. 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. The performance of the home exercise will also be recorded by the force-sensing resistor. In addition to home exercise sessions, there will also be twice-weekly clinical visits to adjust the contents of OPR program and monitor training progress.
Palatal surgery combined oropharyngeal rehabilitation
Participants will receive palatal surgery and post-surgery oropharyngeal rehabilitation (OPR). The palatal surgery and OPR describe as above.
Locations (1)
National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Tainan, Taiwan