The use of a simple TENS machine could be a real alternative for those who fail first-line therapy for sleep apnea...
and a few others had minor skin irritation where the sticky pads were attached to their skin.
Patients who had previously used CPAP tolerated TENS very well, Steier said. But not all patients with sleep apnea stand to benefit. “We have previously seen that there are responders and non-responders,” he noted. “The larger the neck, the further the patches will be away from the muscles in question. So an elevated body mass index makes it less likely that the treatment is effective.”
Such patients can still turn to CPAP therapy, which Steier described as “an excellent treatment" for patients who use it as intended.“The use of a simple TENS machine could be a real alternative for those who fail first-line therapy,” Steier said of the study findings. “And we need to consider to develop further methods to control sleep apnea in those who do not continue with CPAP therapy.
Center, King's College London, U.K.; Andrew Varga, MD, PhD, neuroscientist and physician, Mount Sinai Integrative Sleep Center, and associate professor, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City;
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