Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Vibrotactile Device for Positional Therapy of Sleep-Disordered Breathing: A Pilot Study in Healthy Volunteers.

Andrey R Alexandrov, Anton R Kiselev, Mikhail V Agaltsov, Anastasia R Alexandrova, Ivan A Kudashov

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Article in Clocks & sleep, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Andrey R AlexandrovFaculty of Biomedical Engineering, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 5(1) 2nd Baumanskaya St., 105005 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0009-0000-9900-616X

Anton R KiselevNational Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine, 10(3) Petroverigsky Ln., 101000 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-3967-3950

Mikhail V AgaltsovNational Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine, 10(3) Petroverigsky Ln., 101000 Moscow, Russia.

Anastasia R AlexandrovaAcademy of Engineering, Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., 117198 Moscow, Russia.

Ivan A KudashovFaculty of Biomedical Engineering, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 5(1) 2nd Baumanskaya St., 105005 Moscow, Russia.

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Abstract

The role of body position during sleep, particularly the supine position, is now recognized as an important factor in the development of sleep-disordered breathing such as snoring, apnea, and hypopnea. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a new wearable vibrotactile device (SoftSleep) in reducing sleep time in the supine position without negatively affecting total sleep duration or perceived sleep quality. This pilot study included 20 healthy volunteers. Sleep was monitored over two consecutive nights: the first night without positional therapy (PT) and the second night using a PT device. The primary outcome measures were total sleep time, sleep duration in the supine position, number of position changes, and subjective sleep quality (using the modified Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index). Use of SoftSleep showed a significant reduction in the mean proportion of sleep in the supine position from 56.01% to 7.84% (

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obstructive sleep apneapositional therapyposition-dependent sleep-disordered breathingsleep qualitysnoring

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PMID41892391

DOI10.3390/clockssleep8010014

PMCPMC13025844

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