Table 3.

Discharge pattern of various muscles

Patient	TA, no-IFL	TA, IFL	PCA, no-IFL	PCA, IFL	MPC	EOM	TA, sleep
1	oc-I-P	I-P	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	NREM
2	no	I-P	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
3	n/a	I-P	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
4	n/a	I-P	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
5	no	I-P	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
6	n/a	I-P	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
7	no	I-P	I-P	I-P	oc-I-P	oc-E-P	NREM/REM
8	no	I-P	no	oc-I-P	oc-I-P	oc-E-P	NREM
9	oc-I-P	I-P	no	no	no	oc-E-P	NREM
10	no	E-P, I-P	I-P	I-P	no	n/a	n/a

TA, thyroarytenoid muscle; IFL, inspiratory flow limitation; PCA, posterior cricothyroid muscle; MPC, middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle; EOM, external oblique muscle; oc-I-P, occasionally inspiratory phasic pattern; I-P, inspiratory phasic pattern; E-P, expiratory phasic pattern; n/a, not available; no, no phasic activity; NREM, non-rapid eye movement sleep; REM, rapid eye movement sleep.