TORONTO, A new study shows that patients in stroke rehabilitation treated for their co-existing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) recovered better from stroke than those whose OSA was not treated.
The study, published in the April edition of the journal Stroke, found "significant improvements" in functional and motor outcomes as well as mood of stroke rehabilitation patients who received continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a small mask placed over the patient's nose during sleep that alleviates OSA.
