Huang Yu-Shu, Hsu Shih-Chieh, Guilleminault Christian, Chuang Li-Chuan
Department of Child Psychiatry and Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine, No. 5, Fuxing Street, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine, No. 5, Fuxing Street, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Sleep Med Clin. 2019 Mar;14(1):135-142. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2018.10.004. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Myofunctional therapy (MFT) has been reported to be an alternative treatment to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but compliance and long-term outcome in the children were considered as an issue. A prospective study was performed on age-matched children submitted to MFT or to a functional oral device used during sleep (passive MFT) and compared with no-treatment control group. Compliance is a major problem of MFT, and MFT will have to take into consideration the absolute need to have continuous parental involvement in the procedure for pediatric OSA.
据报道，肌功能治疗（MFT）是阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）的一种替代治疗方法，但儿童的依从性和长期疗效被认为是一个问题。对年龄匹配的儿童进行了一项前瞻性研究，这些儿童接受了MFT或睡眠期间使用的功能性口腔矫治器（被动MFT），并与未治疗的对照组进行比较。依从性是MFT的一个主要问题，对于儿童OSA的治疗，MFT必须考虑到家长持续参与该过程的绝对必要性。
