ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2019
Postural and vestibular changes related to CPAP treatment in moderate-to-severe OSA patients: a 12-month longitudinal study.
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- Evaluation of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials responses in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea before and after continuous positive airway pressure therapy.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Relationship between sleep apnea and dizziness: a scoping review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- The relationship between dizziness and sleep: a review of the literature.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Video Head Impulse Test Changes Related to Obstructive Sleep Apnea: In Reply to the Work of Xin-Da Xu et al.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo assess whether vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain, posturography parameters and related clinical outcomes can improve in OSA patients after 12 months of CPAP treatment, taking into consideration that a certain degree of vestibular dysfunction has been identified in these subjects.
methodsVestibular, postural, clinical, and polygraphic parameters were assessed in 32 OSA patients before and after beneficial CPAP treatment by means of video head impulse test (vHIT), static posturography (SP), Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI), respectively, and were compared by means of a "within-subject" ANOVA model and Spearman's rank correlation.
resultsAfter the 12-month period of treatment, OSA patients demonstrated a significant reduction in AHI values, in both opened and closed eyes conditions of surface and length as well as in power spectra recorded in low, middle, and high frequency interval. Although a significant improvement was also recorded among DHI and ESS scores, VOR gain increase did not survive to post-hoc corrections. Finally, positive correlations between the differences between pre- and post-treatment AHI, ESS, and PS values were found.
conclusionsThe present work highlighted that postural instability and dizziness-related conditions due to OSA may improve after 12 months of CPAP treatment. Although VOR gain did not demonstrate significant improvement, this study might open future perspectives directed to assessing VOR gain changes after longer periods of CPAP treatment.
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