Upper-Airway Collapsibility and Loop Gain Predict the Response to Oral Appliance Therapy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Bradley A EdwardsChristopher AndaraShane LandryScott A SandsSimon A JoostenRobert L OwensDavid P WhiteGarun S HamiltonAndrew WellmanPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2017)
Our findings suggest that OA therapy improves the upper-airway collapsibility under passive and active conditions. Importantly, a greater response to therapy occurred in those patients with a mild anatomic compromise and a lower loop gain.