Positional Therapy and Sleep Apnea
If you have snoring or mild obstructive sleep apnea, you can be treated with positional sleep therapy. You can find if you have positional sleep apnea if you read your sleep study results, or if your bed partner tells you that you sleep better when you sleep on the side.
Positional Therapy - Sleep Education by the AASM
Positional therapy is a behavioral strategy to treat sleep apnea. If your breathing is interrupted primarily when you are sleeping on your back, and normal when sleeping on your side or …
Positional therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea - PMC
Positional therapy (to keep people sleeping on their side) is less invasive and therefore expected to have better adherence. This review considered the efficacy of positional therapy compared to CPAP as well as positional therapy against no positional therapy.
Usage of Positional Therapy in Adults with Obstructive Sleep ...
Many positional therapy (PT) strategies are available for treating positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). PT is primarily supplied to selected patients as a secondary treatment option when other therapies have failed.
Positional Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea - AAFP
2020年1月1日 · Positional therapy for OSA reduces scores on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale compared with no treatment.
Positional Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Therapeutic ...
2023年9月30日 · Positional therapy is a treatment approach used for patients with positional OSA. Typically, positional therapy involves encouraging the patient to avoid sleeping on their back, and instead sleep in a lateral position.
Positional Therapies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea - AAFP
2021年5月1日 · Positional therapies for obstructive sleep apnea produce moderate improvements (16% to 40%) in clinical apnea measures compared with no treatment.
Positional Therapy for Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Using the APOC helps to discriminate between the true patient with POSA who is cured with PT (APOC I), patients who can benefit from PT but are not cured (APOC II or III), and finally patients with nonpositional OSA.
Positional Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
2024年2月3日 · Positional sleep apnea (POSA) is a subtype of obstructive sleep apnea where the severity of the condition is highly dependent on the patient's sleeping position. Compliance with positional therapy (PT) is essential for the effective management of POSA, as it significantly influences treatment success and disease alleviation.
OSA - Treatment Options - Positional Therapy (PT)
Positional therapy for OSA includes a position therapy device that is worn around the chest or neck, which gives feedback through vibration and can be individually adjusted, and tennis ball therapy (TBT).