Coordination of respiratory muscles assessed by means of nonlinear forecasting of demodulated myographic signals

A better prediction between muscle activities was obtained in OSAS patients when using genioglossus as the predictor signal. The prediction was significant for more than two respiratory cycles in OSAS patients compared to only a half cycle in controls. It could be concluded that nonlinear forecasting applied to genioglossus coupling with other muscles provides a promising assessment to monitor pulmonary diseases.