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Upper Airway Collapsibility (Pcrit) and Pharyngeal Dilator Muscle Activity are Sleep Stage Dependent

Jayne C. Carberry, Amy S. Jordan, David P. White, Andrew Wellman, Danny J. Eckert

SLEEP · 2016 · 157 citations · 58 references

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Abstract

Upper airway collapsibility measured via the Pcrit technique and genioglossus muscle activity vary with sleep stage. These findings should be taken into account when performing and interpreting "passive" Pcrit measurements.

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