• 수면정신생리
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2001

목 적 : 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증의 진단에 있어 야간 수면다원검사가 중요함에도 비용이나 시간의 문제로 임상의들이나 환자들이 이 검사의 시행을 주저하는 측면이 있다. 만약 진찰로 어느 정도 수면호흡장애의 정도를 가늠할 수 있다면 수면다원검사를 포함하는 다음 단계 진단과정 선택이나 경과의 관찰에 중요한 길잡이가 될 수 있을 것이며 환자들을 이해시키는 일도 좀 더 쉬워 질 것이다. 이에 저자는 Simmons등이 처음 제안한 턱 압박술을 이용해 체계화한 새로운 호흡장애지수(이하 CPS)를 고안하고 진찰시 이것을 측정하여 야간 수면다원검사로 나타나는 여러 호흡장애 변수들과의 상관관계를 분석함으로써 이 지수의 타당도를 검토하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 임상적으로 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증(이하 OSA)이 의심되어 수면다원검사실에 의뢰된 환자들 중 검사 결과 폐쇄성 수면호흡장애로 최종 진단된 43명을 연구 대상으로 하였다. 이 중 상기도 저항증후군(이하 UARS)이 15명, OSA가 28명이었다. CPS(범위 $0{\sim}6$)범주와 진단 범주간의 카이제곱 검정을 실시하여 상관성을 검토한 뒤 이 지수와 수면무호흡지수(이하 AHI), 수면 시간당 산소포화도 저하 건수(이하 SaO2 dips) 등의 기존 수면무호흡 관련 변수와 상관분석을 시행하였다. 결 과 : 연구 대상의 평균연령은 $45.95{\pm12.47$세(범위 $14{\sim}76$세)였고 BMI의 평균은 $25.98{\pm}3.61$(범위 19.65${\sim}$37.64)였다. OSA군과 UARS군 사이에 나이, 성별, BMI에 유의한 차이는 없었다. 두 진단군 사이에 호흡장애지표와 ESS에서는 유의한 차이가 있었으나(p<0.05) 수면 변수에는 차이가 없었다. 전체 대상의 CPS 구간 중앙값 평균은 4.14(범위 $1{\sim}6$)이었다. 진단범주와 CPS범주간의 카이제곱 검정 결과 진단에 따라 CPS의 차이가 있었다(Likelihood Ratio $X^2$ test ; $X^2=17.41$, df=5, p=0.004). 결합도 Somers'd는 0.65로 나와($0.65{\pm}0.12$, t=4.83, p=0.000) CPS가 OSA군에서 뚜렷이 높아지는 양상을 보이고 있다. Spearman 상관관계분석에서 CPS가 AHI(r=0.77), SaO2 dips(r=0.83)와 좋은 정 상관관계를 보여주었다(p<0.001). 그 외에 90%이하 산소포화도 누적시간 백분율(r=0.76), Epworth 졸음척도치(r=0.57), 일 단계 수면의량(r=0.55)과도 강하거나 뚜렷한 정 상관관계를 보였으며 (p<0.05), 동맥혈 최저 산소포화도(r=-0.69)하고는 뚜렷한 역 상관관계를 보였다(p<0.05). 그러나 동맥혈 산소포화도 저하 건의 평균 지속시간과는 상관관계가 약했다. CPS와 AHI에 대한 회귀 분석 결과 턱 압박시 약간 호흡장애를 느끼는 수준(CPS가 3) 이상의 경우 수면다원검사를 시행하면 AHI가 5이하로 나올 확율은 약 3분의 1이하로 나왔다. 결 론 : CPS가 AHI, SaO2 dips 등 기존의 수면 무호흡 지수들과 뚜렷한 정 상관관계를 보여 턱 압박술은 수면무호흡증의 진단시 그 정도를 예측하는데 있어 유용하다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.173-189
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of specific head positions on the mandibular rotational torque movements in maximum mouth opening, protrusion and lateral excursion. Thirty dental students without any sign or symptom of temporomandibular disorders(TMDs) were included as a control group and 90 patients with TMDs were selected and examined by routine diagnostic procedure for TMDs including radiographs and were classified into 3 subgroups : disc displacement with reduction, disc displacement without reduction, and degenerative joint disease. Mandibular rotational torque movements were observed in four head postures: upright head posture(NHP), upward head posture(UHP), downward head posture(DHP), and forward head posture(FHP). For UHP, the head was inclined 30 degrees upward: for DHP, the head was inclined 30 degrees downward: for FHP, the head was positioned 4cm forward. These positions were adjusted with the use of cervical range-of-motion instrumentation(CROM, Performance Attainment Inc., St. Paul, U.S.A.). Mandibular rotational torque movements were monitored with the Rotate program of BioPAK system (Bioresearch Inc., WI, U.S.A.). The rotational torque movements in frontal and horizontal plane during mandibular border movement were recorded with two parameters: frontal rotational torque angle and horizontal rotational torque angle. The data obtained was analyzed by the SAS/Stat program. The obtained results were as follows : 1. The control group showed significantly larger mandibular rotational angles in UHP than those in DHP and FHP during maximum mouth opening in both frontal and horizontal planes. Disc displacement with reduction group showed significantly larger mandibular rotational angles in DHP and FHP than those in NHP during lateral excursion to the affected and non-affected sides in both frontal and horizontal planes(p<0.05). 2. Disc displacement without reduction group showed significantly larger mandibular rotational angles in FHP than those in any other head postures during maximum mouth opening as well as lateral excursion to the affected and non-affected sides in both frontal and horizontal planes. Degenerative joint disease group showed significantly larger mandibular rotational angles in FHP than those in any other head postures during maximum mouth opening, protrusion and lateral excursion in both frontal and horizontal planes(p<0.05). 3. In NHP, mandibular rotational angle of the control group was significantly larger than that of any other patient subgroups. Mandibular rotational angle of disc displacement with reduction group was significantly larger than that of disc displacement without reduction group during maximum mouth opening in the frontal plane. Mandibular rotational angle of disc displacement without reduction group was significantly larger than that of disc displacement with reduction group or degenerative joint disease group during maximum mouth opening in the horizontal plane(p<0.05). 4. In NHP, mandibular rotational angles of disc displacement without reduction group were significantly larger than those of the control group or disc displacement with reduction group during lateral excursion to the affected side in both frontal and horizontal planes. Mandibular rotational angle of disc displacement without reduction group was significantly smaller than that of the control group during lateral excursion to the non-affected side in frontal plane. Mandibular rotational angle of disc displacement without reduction group was significantly larger than that of disc displacement with reduction group during lateral excursion to the non-affected side in the horizontal plane(p<0.05). 5. In NHP, mandibular rotational angle of the control group was significantly smaller than that of disc displacement with reduction group or disc displacement without reduction group during protrusion in the frontal plane. Mandibular rotational angle of disc displacement without reduction group was significantly larger than that of the disc displacement with reduction group or degenerative joint disease group during protrusion in the horizontal plane. Mandibular rotational angle of the control group was significantly smaller than that of disc displacement without reduction group or degenerative joint disease group during protrusion in the horizontal plane(p<0.05). 6. In NHP, disc displacement without reduction group and degenerative joint disease group showed significantly larger mandibular rotational angles during lateral excursion to the affected side than during lateral excursion to the non-affected side in both frontal and horizontal planes(p<0.05). The findings indicate that changes in head posture can influence mandibular rotational torque movements. The more advanced state is a progressive stage of TMDs, the more influenced by FHP are mandibular rotational torque movements of the patients with TMDs.