Muscular Assessment in Patients With Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Protocol for a Case-Control Study

Paz Francisca Borrmann   ^{1 *} , BSc ;   Carlos O'Connor-Reina   ^{2, 3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Jose M Ignacio   ^{4, 5 *} , MD, PhD ;   Elisa Rodriguez Ruiz   ^{4, 5 *} , RNC ;   Laura Rodriguez Alcala   ^{2, 3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Florencia Dzembrovsky   ^{1 *} , BSc ;   Peter Baptista   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Maria T Garcia Iriarte   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Carlos Casado Alba   ^{8 *} , MDS ;   Guillermo Plaza   ^{9, 10, 11 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Phonoaudiology Section, Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR

² Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Marbella, Marbella (Malaga), ES

³ Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Campo de Gibraltar, Palmones, Cadiz, ES

⁴ Pulmonology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Marbella, Malaga, ES

⁵ Pulmonology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Campo de Gibraltar, Palmones, Cadiz, ES

⁶ Otorhinolaryngology Department, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, ES

⁷ Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, ES

⁸ School of Medicine, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, ES

⁹ Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario Sanitas la Zarzuela, Madrid, ES

¹⁰ Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario Fuenlabrada, Madrid, ES

¹¹ School of Medicine, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos I, Madrid, ES

*these authors contributed equally