[y-curious]

n=25, self report AND only players with partners. I think there’s merit to using muscular musculature to improve your sleep apnea but this doesn’t answer the question of why playing the instrument wasn’t preventative in the first place.

[mariusor]

Because anatomy not consistently used declines in fitness?

[masfuerte]

And unused muscles start to significantly decline in your mid-forties. Maybe thirty years after playing trombone as a kid.

[nubinetwork]

Brb, joining the brass band at the legion.

[lazyasciiart]

Because they didn’t play until the study began? The population was people who had signed up to learn how to play.