Respiratory muscle activity during REM sleep in patients with diaphragm paralysis
- 13 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 62 (1), 134-137
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000101719.84675.e0
Abstract
The diaphragm is the main inspiratory muscle during REM sleep. It was hypothesized that patients with isolated bilateral diaphragm paralysis (BDP) might not be able to sustain REM sleep. Polysomnography with EMG recordings was undertaken from accessory respiratory muscles in patients with BDP and normal subjects. Patients with BDP had a normal quantity of REM sleep (mean ± SD, 18.6 ± 7.5% of total sleep time) achieved by inspiratory recruitment of extradiaphragmatic muscles in both tonic and phasic REM, suggesting brainstem reorganization.Keywords
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