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Project Number: | I21RX002885-01A1 |
Title: | Novel treatment of sleep apnea by upper airway and respiratory muscle training |
Principal Investigator: | Abdulghani Sankari |
Location: | Allen Park, MI |
Congressional District Code: | 13 |
Research Service: | Rehabilitation R&D |
Project Period: | November 2018 - October 2021 |
FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $105,625 |
Total Award Amount (all years): |
$300,000 |
Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Project Summary Abstract Title: Novel treatment of sleep apnea by upper airway and respiratory muscle training. In recent years, we and others have discovered that spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D) is associated with significant increase in the sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) prevalence. Nearly 80% of patients with SCI/D including Veterans suffer from SDB after six months of injury (majority of them 70-80% are obstructive apneas and hypopneas-OSA). However, most patients SCI/D do not tolerate... |