ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2012
Risk of obstructive sleep apnea lower in double reed wind musicians.
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- The effect of playing a wind instrument or singing on risk of sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Wind Instrument Training and Sound-Based Interventions for Sleep Quality and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Narrative Synthesis.Noise & healthPooled it
- Auditory Biofeedback through Wind Instrument Training: A Breath-Controlled Acoustic Strategy for Modulating Anxiety and Sleep.Noise & healthPooled it
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- The Influence of Wind Musical Instruments on the Orofacial System.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Beyond CPAP: modifying upper airway output for the treatment of OSA.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Resistance Training of Inspiratory Muscles After Coronary Artery Disease May Improve Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation: RICAOS Study.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Tooth Position in Wind Instrument Players: Dentofacial Cephalometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Breathing retraining in sleep apnoea: a review of approaches and potential mechanisms.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Review
- Role of playing wind instruments and singing in snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Article
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- Therapeutic Approaches of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in China.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2018Article
- Epiglottis cross-sectional area and oropharyngeal airway length in male and female obstructive sleep apnea patients.Nature and science of sleep · 2016Article
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Abstract
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objectivesObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by a collapse of the upper airway. Respiratory muscle training with a wind instrument (didgeridoo) in patients with moderate OSA has been previously shown to improve OSA symptomology. However, a survey of orchestra members did not indicate a difference in OSA risk between wind and non-wind instrumentalist. The present study examines whether playing of different wind instrument types may affect the risk of OSA.
methodsA national sample of active musicians (n = 906) was surveyed through the internet. Participants' risk for OSA was determined by the Berlin Questionnaire. Additional survey items included questions about general health and musical experience.
resultsA binary logistic regression was conducted to determine if OSA risk was predicted by gender, age, number of years playing instrument, number of hours per week playing instrument, and instrument type. Musicians who played a double reed instrument had a lower risk of OSA (p = 0.047) than non-wind instrumentalists. Additionally, in double reed instrumentalists, the number of hours spent playing the instrument predicted lower OSA risk (p = 0.020). The risk for OSA in other wind instruments (i.e., single reed, high brass, and low brass) was not significantly different from non-wind musicians.
conclusionsPlaying a double reed musical instrument was associated with a lower risk of OSA.
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