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The role of physical exercise in obstructive sleep apnea.
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Sport as a Treatment in Chronic Diseases and Healthcare Sustainability: Sport 4 Health
A Smart Sleep Apnea Self-management Support Programme(4S) to Improve Apnea Severity and Cardiovascular Health - A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial With Mixed-method Evaluation
Effects of Different Exercise Modalities on Apnea-Hypopnea Index and Oxidative Stress in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
- Network meta-analysis and dose-response analysis of exercise on sleep quality and BMI in obese populations.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and aerobic exercise for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea in overweight or obese patients: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Exercise on Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Are obstructive sleep apnea and sleep improved in response to multidisciplinary weight loss interventions in youth with obesity? A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of exercise training on brain metabolism and cognitive functioning in sleep apnea.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Clinical safety and hemodynamic, cardiac autonomic and inflammatory responses to a single session of inspiratory muscle training in obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Trial
- Inspiratory muscle strength training lowers blood pressure and sympathetic activity in older adults with OSA: a randomized controlled pilot trial.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2020Trial
- Effects on obstructive sleep apnea severity following a tailored behavioral sleep medicine intervention aimed at increased physical activity and sound eating: an 18-month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Trial
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- Physical activity reduces cancer mortality but not cardiovascular or all-cause mortality in obstructive sleep apnea: a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)-based analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Exploring Exercise Interventions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- The impact of exercise on sleep and sleep disorders.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2025Review
- Myofunctional Therapy and Its Effects on Retropalatal Narrowing and Snoring: A Preliminary Analysis of Rehabilitative Approaches.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with poor sleep quality among patients with hypertension in a primary care clinic: A cross-sectional study.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sports-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Unfolding the role of exercise in the management of sleep disorders.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Review
- The causality between leisure sedentary behaviors, physical activity and obstructive sleep apnea: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Venous Thromboembolism: Unraveling the Emerging Association.Cureus · 2023Review
- Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023Review
- The effects of an exercise intervention on executive function among overweight adults with obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2023Article
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common clinical condition, with a variable and underestimated prevalence. OSA is the main condition associated with secondary systemic arterial hypertension, as well as with atrial fibrillation, stroke, and coronary artery disease, greatly increasing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure is not tolerated by all OSA patients and is often not suitable in cases of mild OSA. Hence, alternative methods to treat OSA and its cardiovascular consequences are needed. In OSA patients, regular physical exercise has beneficial effects other than weight loss, although the mechanisms of those effects remain unclear. In this population, physiological adaptations due to physical exercise include increases in upper airway dilator muscle tone and in slow-wave sleep time; and decreases in fluid accumulation in the neck, systemic inflammatory response, and body weight. The major benefits of exercise programs for OSA patients include reducing the severity of the condition and daytime sleepiness, as well as increasing sleep efficiency and maximum oxygen consumption. There are few studies that evaluated the role of physical exercise alone for OSA treatment, and their protocols are quite diverse. However, aerobic exercise, alone or combined with resistance training, is a common point among the studies. In this review, the major studies and mechanisms involved in OSA treatment by means of physical exercise are presented. In addition to systemic clinical benefits provided by physical exercise, OSA patients involved in a regular, predominantly aerobic, exercise program have shown a reduction in disease severity and in daytime sleepiness, as well as an increase in sleep efficiency and in peak oxygen consumption, regardless of weight loss. RESUMO A apneia obstrutiva do sono (AOS) é uma condição clínica comum, possuindo prevalência variável e subestimada. Principal condição associada à hipertensão arterial sistêmica secundária, associa-se ainda à fibrilação atrial, acidente vascular encefálico e doença arterial coronariana, aumentando a morbidade e mortalidade cardiovascular. O tratamento da AOS com pressão positiva contínua em vias aéreas não é tolerado por todos os pacientes e, muitas vezes, não é indicado para formas leves. Daí, métodos alternativos de tratamento da AOS e de suas consequências cardiovasculares são necessários. A prática usual de exercícios físicos promove benefícios adicionais à redução do peso em pacientes com AOS; contudo, os mecanismos ainda são incertos. Entre as adaptações fisiológicas proporcionadas pelo exercício físico nessa população destacam-se o aumento do tônus da musculatura dilatadora das vias aéreas superiores e do tempo do estágio do sono de ondas lentas e a redução do acúmulo cervical de líquido, da resposta inflamatória sistêmica e do peso corpóreo. Os principais benefícios de programas de exercício físico para essa população incluem a redução da gravidade da AOS e da sonolência diurna e o aumento da eficiência do sono e consumo máximo de oxigênio. Poucos estudos avaliaram o papel do exercício físico realizado de forma isolada no tratamento da AOS, além de existirem muitas diferenças relacionadas aos protocolos de exercício utilizados. Entretanto, o emprego de exercícios aeróbios isolados ou combinados aos exercícios resistidos é um ponto comum entre os estudos. Nessa revisão, os principais estudos e mecanismos envolvidos no tratamento da AOS por meio da realização de exercícios físicos são apresentados. Além dos benefícios clínicos sistêmicos proporcionados pelo exercício físico, pacientes com AOS submetidos a um programa regular de exercícios predominantemente aeróbicos, apresentam redução da gravidade da doença e da sonolência diurna, aumento da eficiência do sono e do pico de consumo de oxigênio, independentemente da perda de peso.
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