TS Muthukumar¹*, MohankumarThekkinkattil² and Merlin Angel³

¹Department of Physiotherapy, Principal Revathi Institute of Physiotherapy, India
²Senior Consultant Pulmonologist, India
³Principal Revathi College of Paramedical Sciences, India

*Corresponding Author: TS Muthukumar, Department of Physiotherapy, Principal Revathi Institute of Physiotherapy, India.

Received: April 04, 2024; Published: July 09, 2024

Abstract

The Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is recognized as a major illness in recent times affecting millions of people worldwide. The role of physiotherapy in obstructive sleep apnea is still unearthed due to lack of research studies. The Obstructive Sleep Apnea is marked by recurrent events of obstruction of the upper airway during sleep involving respiratory effort related arousals, limitation, reduction(hypopnea) or complete airflow cessation(apnea) while respiratory movements continues. The consequences of Obstructive sleep apnea are plenty and if untreated leads to excessive day time sleepiness, cognitive dysfunction, sickness absenteeism in work places and impaired quality of life. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy given to OSA patient based on the Polysomnograhy reports. This article has been written primarily tounearth the role of physiotherapy in OSA.

 Keywords: Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Polysomnography; CPAP; Physiotherapy

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Citation

Citation: TS Muthukumar., et al. “Obstructive Sleep Apnea- Physiotherapists Perspective".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 7.8 (2024): 14-18.

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