RCT: Oral Appliance Therapy and Sleep Position Trainer in Patients With Position Dependant Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Exclusion Criteria

• •Many dental problems; insufficient teeth for wearing OAT.
• •Medication used/ related to sleeping disorders.
• •Central Sleep Apnoea Syndrome.
• •Night or shifting work.
• •Severe chronic heart failure.
• •Medical history of known causes of tiredness by day or severe sleep disruption (insomnia, PLMS, Narcolepsy).
• •Seizure disorder.
• •Known medical history of mental retardation, memory disorders or psychiatric disorders.
• •Patients with old type of pacemakers (It is possible that old types of peacemakers are not compatible with the electromagnetic radiation of the electronics of the SPT).
• •Shoulder, neck and back complaints.
• •Reversible morphological upper airway abnormalities (e.g. enlarged tonsils).
• •Inability to provide informed consent.
• •Simultaneous use of other treatment modalities to treat OSA.
• •Previous treatment for OSA with OAT or SPT
• •Pregnancy.