OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of pharyngeal musculature and genioglossus exercising on @entity27 ( @entity27 ). METHODS: We conducted a non-randomized retrospective clinical trial of 75 @entity1 with @entity27 . Fifty-four @entity1 were managed by exercising of the pharyngeal musculature and genioglossus (exercising group). Twenty-one @entity1 , who refused to undertake any treatment, were defined as the control group. We took the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), checked @entity1 ' polysomnography, and took 320-detector computed tomography (CT) before treatment. Six and twelve months later, we made records of @entity27 index (AHI), lowest arterial @entity26 saturation (LSaO2), body mass index (BMI), the shortest sagittal diameter, and transverse diameter, and the effective rates of exercising were calculated and compared with the 21 @entity1 without any treatment (control group) at the same time. SPSS 10.0 was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Before treatment, the ESS value was 7.67; 6 and 12 months later, the values were 3.54 and 3.25, respectively in the exercising group. AHI was decreased to 15.36 after 6 months and 13.79 after 12 months from 22.84 at the beginning. LSaO2 values were up to 81.18% after 6 months and 81.93% after 12 months from 74.05% at the beginning. There were significant differences in ESS scores, AHI, and LSaO2 between pre-treatment and post-treatment in the exercising group (P<0.05). However, there was no statistical difference in all the parameters between 6 and 12 months of exercising. The effective rates were 70.37% and 74.07% after 6- and 12-month exercising, respectively. There were significant differences between the exercising and control groups (P<0.0001). There was no statistical difference in the effective rate of the exercising group between 6 and 12 months of exercising (P>0.05). At 12 months of exercising, the compliance of the anteroposterior pharyngeal wall of the retropalatal area was lower (P<0.01) than that before treatment. There was no significant change of BMI in either group. CONCLUSIONS: Exercising pharyngeal musculature and genioglossus is a kind of non-invasive and cost-effective method to treat some @entity27 @entity1 , especially those who are old, without surgical complications, and especially mild and moderate @entity27 @entity1 who do not want to take surgery and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment. In addition, exercising pharyngeal musculature and genioglossus can be considered as remedial treatment of @entity27 to surgery and other therapies.

Clinical analysis of pharyngeal musculature and genioglossus exercising to treat XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity26 :: ('MESH:D010100', 'Chemical') :: ['oxygen'] @entity27 :: ('MESH:D020181', 'Disease') :: ['apnea hypopnea', 'OSAHS', 'obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome']
@entity27 :: (MESH:D020181,Disease) :: ['obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome']
