Publications by authors named "D Grunberg"
Mandibular advancement devices are an effective treatment option for obstructive sleep apnea. While their efficacy depends on the degree of mandibular protrusion, other contributing factors influencing the optimal outcome are not fully understood. This magnetic resonance imaging-based pilot study aimed at investigating whether there are promising planimetric parameters that may be related to the optimal therapeutic position.
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- Mandibular advancement devices (MAD) effectively treat mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and are particularly beneficial for patients with high night-to-night variability (NNV).
- A study revealed that a 60% protrusion distance of MAD significantly reduced apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and improved sleepiness levels compared to 80% protrusion, though the latter showed no significant change.
- The results suggest that while higher NNV is linked to severe OSA, it does not automatically disqualify patients from MAD treatment, indicating a need for future research to enhance the relationship between objective OSA measures and patient-reported outcomes (PRO).
Depression currently affects 4.4% of the global population, and 93.7% of this population suffer from major depressive disorder (MDD) according to 2017 statistics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious work demonstrates that music with more chords tends to be perceived as more enjoyable than music with more conventional harmonic structures. In that work, harmonic surprise was computed based upon a static distribution of chords. This would assume that harmonic surprise is constant over time, and the effect of harmonic surprise on music preference is similarly static.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This study investigated the gender differences in reported barriers to participation in after-school physical activity (PA) and related health and socio-behavioural factors in Australian schoolchildren.
Methods: 5001 students aged 10 to 16 years completed the health and well-being survey in 2014 indicating that they would like to participate in after-school PA. Negative binomial regression models, stratified by gender, tested the relationship of age, reported health, junk food, participation in leisure PA, TV watching, weight status and socio-economic index for area score (related factors) with the total number of barriers.