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ArticleNature and science of sleep2022

Mandibular Movements are a Reliable Noninvasive Alternative to Esophageal Pressure for Measuring Respiratory Effort in Patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome.

Jean-Louis Pepin, Nhat-Nam Le-Dong, Valérie Cuthbert, Nathalie Coumans, Renaud Tamisier, Atul Malhotra, Jean-Benoit Martinot

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Article in Nature and science of sleep, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07530302 (Treatment Failure of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07530302 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Treatment Failure of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSA): A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Polysomnography and the Sunrise Device to Drive Treatment-Adjustment Decisions.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital, GrenobleRan2026 to 2029Enrolled105ConditionsSleep Apnea Syndrome, ObstructiveArmsSunrise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Insights, recommendations, and research priorities for central sleep apnea: report from an expert panel.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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  16. OSA diagnosis goes wearable: are the latest devices ready to shine?Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jean-Louis Pepin *HP2 Laboratory, Inserm U1300, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3832-2358
Nhat-Nam Le-Dong *Sunrise, Namur, Belgium.
Valérie CuthbertSleep Laboratory, CHU Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Namur Site Sainte-Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium.
Nathalie CoumansSleep Laboratory, CHU Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Namur Site Sainte-Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium.
Renaud TamisierHP2 Laboratory, Inserm U1300, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1128-6529
Atul MalhotraUniversity of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jean-Benoit MartinotSleep Laboratory, CHU Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Namur Site Sainte-Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8536-7300
UCLouvain · BEInserm · FRUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Differentiation between obstructive and central apneas and hypopneas requires quantitative measurement of respiratory effort (RE) using esophageal pressure (PES), which is rarely implemented. This study investigated whether the sleep mandibular movements (MM) signal recorded with a tri-axial gyroscopic chin sensor (Sunrise, Namur, Belgium) is a reliable surrogate of PES in patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Patients and Methods: In-laboratory polysomnography (PSG) with PES and concurrent MM monitoring was performed. PSGs were scored manually using AASM 2012 rules. Data blocks (n=8042) were randomly sampled during normal breathing (NB), obstructive or central apnea/hypopnea (OA/OH/CA/CH), respiratory effort-related arousal (RERA), and mixed apnea (MxA). Analyses were evaluation of the similarity and linear correlation between PES and MM using the longest common subsequence (LCSS) algorithm and Pearson's coefficient; description of signal amplitudes; estimation of the marginal effect for crossing from NB to a respiratory disturbance for a given change in MM signal using a mixed linear-regression. Results: Participants (n=38) had mild to severe OSA (median AH index 28.9/h; median arousal index 23.2/h). MM showed a high level of synchronization with concurrent PES signals. Distribution of MM amplitude differed significantly between event types: median (95% confidence interval) values of 0.60 (0.16-2.43) for CA, 0.83 (0.23-4.71) for CH, 1.93 (0.46-12.43) for MxA, 3.23 (0.72-18.09) for OH, and 6.42 (0.88-26.81) for OA. Mixed regression indicated that crossing from NB to central events would decrease MM signal amplitude by -1.23 (CH) and -2.04 (CA) units, while obstructive events would increase MM amplitude by +3.27 (OH) and +6.79 (OA) units (all p<10 Conclusion: In OSA patients, MM signals facilitated the measurement of specific levels of RE associated with obstructive, central or mixed apneas and/or hypopneas. A high degree of similarity was observed with the PES gold-standard signal.

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esophageal pressuremandibular movementsobstructive sleep apnearespiratory effort

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PMID35444480
PMCPMC9013709
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