Myofunctional Therapy Research:
Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB)
and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Associations between frontal lobe structure, parent-reported obstructive sleep disordered breathing and childhood behavior in the ABCD dataset, Amal Isaiah, Thomas Ernst, Christine C. Cloak, Duncan B. Clark & Linda Chang, 13 April 2021

Critical Role of Myofacial Reeducation in Pediatric Sleep-disordered-breathing. Guilleminault C, Huang YS, Monteyrol PJ, Sato R, Quo S, Lin CH. Sleep Med. 2013. Jun;14(6):518-25. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

Effects of oropharyngeal exercises on patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Guimaraes KC, Drager LF, Genta PR, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;179(10):962–6. http://dx.doi. org/10.1164/rccm.200806- 981OC.

Efficacy of oral myofunctional therapy in middle-aged to elderly patients with obstructive sleep apnoea treated with continuous positive airway pressure, Mayumi Suzuki, Toshihiro Okamoto, Yuichi Akagi, Kentaro Matsui, Haruki Sekiguchi, Natsumi Satoya, Yuji Inoue, Akilhisa Tatsuta, Nobuhisa Hagiwarta, October 2020

Effects of orofacial myofunctional therapy on the symptoms and physiological parameters of sleepbreathing disorders in adults: a systematic review. Bianchini Esther Mandelbaum Gonçalves, & Kayamori, F. (2017), Revista Cefac, 19(6), 868–878

Increased behavioral problems in children with sleep-disordered breathing, Eszter Csábi1*, Veronika Gaál2, Emese Hallgató1, Rebeka Anna Schulcz et al. Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2022

Oral structures and sleep disorders: a literature review. Coceani L. International Journal of Orofacial Myology, 2003. 29:15-28. Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders 5

Prevalence and persistence of sleep dis-ordered breathing symptoms in young children: a 6-year population-based cohort study. Bonuck KA, Chervin RD, Cole TJ, et al. Sleep. 2011. 34(7):875–884.

Sleep-disordered breathing and school performance in children. Gozal D. Pediatrics; 1998. 102:616– 6

The Efficacy of Lingual Laser Frenectomy in Pediatric OSAS: A Randomized Double-Blinded and Controlled Clinical Study, Miriam Fioravanti,* Francesca Zara, Iole Vozza, Antonella Polimeni, and Gian Luca Sfasciotti, 2021

The contribution of orofacial myofunctional reeducation to the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA)- a systematic review of the literature 2019 Amat France, Philippe Amat, Éric Tran Lu, April 2021

Nasopharyngeal Airway In StatPearls, Atanelov, Z., Aina, T., Amin, B., & Rebstock, S. E. (2022), StatPearls Publishing

Nasal patency and otorhinolaryngologic-orofacial features in children. Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 85(1), 83–91 Berwig, L. C., Corrêa Eliane Castilhos Rodrigues, Milanesi, J. de M., Ritzel, R. A., Schuch, L. H., & Silva, A. M. T. da. 2019

Orofacial myofunctional therapy improves facial morphology of children with obstructive sleep apnea after adenotonsillectomy, Hua-Qing Shan  1 , Yu-Hui Wang, Li-Ming Yu, Xiao-Yan Li, Yue-Hua Liu, August 2021

Orofacial myofunctional rehabilitation and multidisciplinary management of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing, An interview with Lichuan Chuang, Michèle Hervy-Auboiron, Yu-Shu Huang, Esther Mandelbaum Gonçalves Bianchini, Carlos O’Connor Reina, Audrey Yoon, November 2021

Consensus statement on the orofacial myofunctional assessment and therapy in patients with OSA: proposal of an international Delphi Method process, M. R. Moeller, S.A.T. Weber, L. Coceani-Paskay, P. Amat, E. Gonçalves Mandelbaum Bianchini, E. Botzer, et alRevue d’Orthopédie Dento-Faciale 2021

Parental History of Adenotonsillectomy Is Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity in Children with Snoring. – Alexopoulos EI, Charitos G, Malakasioti G, Varlami V, Gourgoulianis K, Zintzaras E, Kaditis AG.  J Pediatr. 2014 Feb 25. pii: S0022-3476(14)00027-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.01.021. [Epub ahead of print]

Pediatric sleep disorders and special educational need at 8 years: a population-based cohort study. Bonuck K, Rao T, Xu L.Pediatrics. 2012 Oct;130(4):634-42. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0392. Epub 2012 Sep 3.

Oropharyngeal and tongue exercises (myofunctional therapy) for snoring: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Camacho M, Guilleminault C, Wei JM, Song SA, Noller MW, Reckley LK, Fernandez-Salvador C, Zaghi S

Myofunctional assessment for obstructive sleep apnea and the association with patterns of upper airway collapse: a preliminary study, Fabiane Kayamori, et al. July 2021

Rapid maxillary expansion and adenotonsillectomy in 9-year-old twins with pediatric obstructive sleep apneasyndrome: an interdisciplinary effort, Alexander, N., Boota, A., Hooks, K., & White, J. R. 2019

Reduced tongue mobility: an unrecognized risk factor of childhood obstructive sleep apnea, Hoi Man Yuen, Chun Ting Au, Winnie Chiu Wing Chu, Albert Martin Li, Kate Ching-Ching Chan, Jan 2022

Rethinking the muscles of obstructive sleep apnea, The Journal of Craniomandibular & Sleep Practice, Denise Dewald, September 2022

The chiropractor’s role in the treatment of sleep disordered breathing, Kathryn Cantwell DC DICCP CSP CSCP and Sharon Vallone, DC, FICCP, Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics

Orofacial dysfunction screening examinations in children with sleep-disordered breathing symptoms. J Clin Pediatr Dent, Dao Anh Hoang , Van Nhat Thang Le , Tam Minh Nguyen , Triin Jagomägi . 2023.