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, Argentina

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

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

⁴ Pulmonology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Marbella, Malaga, Spain

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰ Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

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

*these authors contributed equally