S26 Feasibility and patient tolerability of transcutaneous electrical stimulation in obstructive sleep apnoea

Introduction

Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) provides neuromuscular tone to the pharyngeal dilator muscles of the upper airway (UA) while asleep, but feasibility of this method to treat obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) throughout the whole night has not been tested.

Patients and methods

We conducted a phase two double-blind, sham-controlled, randomised controlled trial using TES of the UA muscles in 36 patients with...