Development and Investigation of the ApneaTheraPlay

Participants in this group will undergo a new program structured around exercises typically used individually or in combination in the literature, at pre-sleep times. Individuals will complete a program consisting of 5-minute breathing, 10-minute aerobic, 5-minute strengthening, and 10-minute oropharyngeal exercises, three times a week for 12 weeks, for a total of 36 sessions. Two-minute rest breaks will be provided between exercises. The exercises will be presented to users weekly as a video/training sheet prepared by the therapist. Individuals in this group will be monitored and tracked through the system to be developed. This group will only have access to this video/training sheet information in the user panel opened in the system. The system will remind users of the exercises as an exercise program, without gamification, and will provide instant data flow.

Participants will exercise individually at pre-sleep times, three days a week, for 12 weeks, using a digital video-based game exercise system developed by researchers, for a total of 36 sessions. Access to the exercise program will be provided via a web system, and all time spent in the system and reactions will be recorded in a report. The ApneaTheraPlay system will implement programs consisting of breathing (5 minutes), aerobic (10 minutes), strengthening (5 minutes), and oropharyngeal exercises (10 minutes) in a predetermined progression.