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. 2023 Jul 21;14:1202271. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1202271

Table 1.

Representative MT regimen prescribed to patients with mild-moderate OSA.

Category Exercise name # seconds # repititions # sessions/day
Tongue 1 Tongue Press 5 5x 2
2 Stick Your Tongue Out 5 5x 2
3 Stick Your Tongue Out and Down 5 5x 2
4 Stick Your Tongue Out and Up 5 5x 2
Soft palate 1 Blowing with Resistance with Balloon 5 10x 2
2 Say “Ahhh” 10 10x 2
Throat and neck 1 Ceiling Swallow 5 10x 2
2 Going Up 10 10x 2
Jaw and lips 1 Lip Workout 10 10x 2
2 Jaw Resist 10 10x 2
3 Chewing

The regimen advances and is modified over a 6-week period. Adapted from Guimaraes et al. (37). This is solely meant for illustrative purposes, and the ideal MT training regimen is unclear.