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Objectives: To evaluate patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) for fall risk and postural stability using the Biodex Balance System. Methods: The study involved the examination of 95 individuals. Twenty-five of these individuals were healthy controls (13 male, 12 female) whose apnea hypopnea index (AHI) was below 5. In addition, 35 of them were patients with mild OSAS (17 male, 18 female); and 35 of them were patients with moderate-severe OSAS (19 male, 16 female). OSAS patients and healthy controls were examined for postural stability and fall risk using the Biodex Balance System. Results: No statistically significant difference was observed between groups regarding sex, age, height, weight, Overall Stability Index, Antero-Posterior Stability Index, or Medio-Lateral Stability Index (p>0.05). The mean body mass index (BMI) in the control group did not show a significant difference in comparison to the mild OSAS or moderate-severe OSAS groups (p>0.05). Interestingly, the mean BMI of the mild OSAS group (27.11±2.35 kg/m2) was lower compared to the moderate-severe OSAS group (28.72±2.98 kg/m2) (p=0.039). Furthermore, a significant difference was observed between the groups for Fall Risk Index (FRI) (p0,05). Kontrol grubu ile hafif OUAS ve orta- ağır OUAS gruplarının VKİ ortalamaları arasında anlamlı bir fark saptanmaz iken (p>0,05) hafif OUAS grubunun VKİ ortalaması (27,11±2,35) orta-ağır ağır OUAS grubunun VKİ ortalamasından (28,72±2,98) anlamlı derecede daha düşüktü (p=0,039). Gruplar Düşme Riski İndeksine (DRİ) göre karşılaştırıldığında gruplar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farkılık saptandı (p |
