Domiciliary Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

The device needs to be started by pressing the 'on' button. Once the device is turned on the current intensity can be increased by pushing the '+' button and lowered by pushing the '-' button. When a comfortable skin sensation is felt the patients should press the '-' button once more. At that time the device stimulates with a low current which is not felt but provides a neuromuscular tone to the muscles whilst asleep. The device is kept on all night and in the morning taken off with the hydrogel and disconnected. Once disconnected it should be turned off by pressing the 'off' button.

CPAP will be applied according to usual clinical care, the follow up will be organised in the same way as the active intervention group.