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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2020
Main ID:  ACTRN12615000172505
Date of registration: 23/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Giacomo Carta
Public title: Diagnostic accuracy of two neurodynamic tests in Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients: a cross-sectional study
Scientific title: Obstructive Sleep Apnea suspected patients' neurodynamic assessment compared to polysomnography in diagnostic accuracy
Date of first enrolment: 09/01/2015
Target sample size: 29
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12615000172505.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Purpose: Diagnosis; Allocation: Non-randomised trial; Masking: Open (masking not used);Assignment: Single group;Type of endpoint: Safety/efficacy;  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name: Dr Giacomo Carta   
Address:  Isituti Clinici di Perfezionamento Viale Andrea Doria 52, Milano 20122 Italy
Telephone: +39 3405950493
Email: giacomo.carta@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name: Dr Giacomo Carta   
Address:  Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento Viale Andrea Doria 52, Milano 20122 Italy
Telephone: +39 3405950493
Email: giacomo.carta@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with suspected OSA that has performed a polysomnography doing a visit to recive the diagnosis from the pneumologist
Exclusion criteria: neurological diseases, oncological diseases,
facial and neck pain, central sensitization


Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: No limit
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obstructive Sleep Apnea ;
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Respiratory - Sleep apnoea
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
Intervention(s)
A cross-sectional double blind study will be done on patients with suspected OSA receiving diagnosis with cardio-respiratory poligraphy.
Study will be conducted in an outpatient service of the public health system;
informed consent will be signed before recruitment; hypoglossal and
glossopharingeal neurodynamic non invasive tests will be performed by a physiotherapist, blinded from
pneumologist diagnosis consecutively to the visit. The neurodynamic tests approximate duration will be of 1 minute each. Neurodynamic tests will be conducted on a single occasion only. Neurodynamic tests will be conducted within 10 minutes of pneumologist diagnosis.
Primary Outcome(s)
Neurodynamic tests accuracy[cross-sectional study

conducted at single timepoint only]
statistical significance and accuracy tests values (sensibility, specificity, likelyhood ratio + and -)[conducted at single timepoint only]
Secondary Outcome(s)
none[none]
Secondary ID(s)
None
Source(s) of Monetary Support
none
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
Comitato Etico Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento Milano
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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