Human patients with chronic pain from osteoarthritis often report impaired sleep, but it is not yet known if sleep also in dogs osteoarthritis. This study aimed to compare the night-time behaviour of osteoarthritic (N = 20) and healthy control 21) over a 28-day period, using an actigraphic device (the FitBark activity monitor) owner questionnaire designed measure quality SNoRE). Actigraphic dat...

Polysomnographic assessment of 20 adolescents who were referred to hospital for loud and frequent snoring showed they suffered from obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Their apneas and desaturation rates (SaO(2)) were abnormal in comparison with the non-snoring adolescents, who served as their controls. The snoring group obtained lower scores on phonemic and semantic tests and had lower ma...

Snoring is a prima symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Here, we add audio-based snoring features to improve the non-obtrusive assessment apnea, by estimating apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and classifying OSA severity. We propose novel quantify temporal changes between snores (snore rate variability) describe trends in snore energy, based on sounds from audio signals over full night. then com...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the subjective and objective outcomes of extended uvulopalatal flap (EUPF) surgery in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. DESIGN Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), Snore Outcomes Survey (SOS), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and polysomnography were performed preoperatively and then 6 months postoperatively. SETTING Tertiary care, sleep...

BACKGROUND: Snoring is extremely common in the general population and may indicate OSA. However, snoring is not objectively measured during polysomnography, and no standard treatment is available for primary snoring or when snoring is associated with mild forms of OSA. Th is study determined the eff ects of oropharyngeal exercises on snoring in minimally symptomatic patients with a primary comp...