Acute Feasibility of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Severely Obese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Variables	Mean	SD
Gender (M/F)	7/5
Age (years)	57	10
BMI (kg/m^2)	40	5
FFMI (kg/m^2)	22	5
Waist circumference (cm)	113	15
Hip circumference (cm)	121	5
CPAP/NIV treatment	8/4
CPAP/NIV compliance (h/night)	6	3
FEV1 (L/min)	2.3	0.8
MVC force
Multipath NMES (kg)	43.0	28.4
Conventional NMES (kg)	44.5	27.7

BMI: body mass index; FFMI: fat-free mass index; CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure; NIV: noninvasive ventilation; FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in one second; MVC: maximal voluntary contraction; NMES: neuromuscular electrical stimulation.