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Back to Research DatabaseValidation of a Hip-Worn Accelerometer in Measuring Sleep Time in Children
This study compared measures of sleep from an accelerometer worn on the hip to measures obtained from an accelerometer worn on the wrist, the gold standard measure of sleep... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Jennifer R. Kinder, PT, DPTSc,1 Kathryn A. Lee, RN, PhD,2 Hannah Thompson, MPH,3 Katherine Hicks, BA,3 Kimberly Topp, PT, PhD,1 Kristine A. Madsen, MD, MPH3
- Institutions: 1 - UCSF/SFSU Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California, San Francisco, CA
2 - Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA
3 - Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Association between objectively-measured physical activity and sleep, NHANES 2005–2006
Statement of problem: Epidemiological studies examining the association between physical activity and sleep have relied on self-report measures of physical activity and have primarily been conducted in older adults.... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Paul D. Loprinzi1, Bradley J. Cardinal2
- Institutions: 1-Bellarmine University, Department of Exercise Science, Donna & Allan Lansing School of Nursing & Health Sciences, 2001 Newburg Rd., Louisville, KY 40205, USA.
2-Oregon State University, Program in Exercise and Sport Science, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, 220 Langton Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Usefulness of a Tri-Axis Accelerometer for Sleep-Wake Scoring
Introduction: A tri-axis accelerometer has been extensively used in recent years. We report our recent evaluation of the usefulness of a three-axis accelerometer for sleep-wake scoring of healthy individuals... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Kaori Mori, Mitsuki Fukuju, Chikako Nishi, Takeshi Yoshida, Akiko Kawasaki, Hideaki Kondo, and Motomori Izumi
- Institutions: Center for Sleep Medicine, Saiseikai Nagasaki Hospital
Automatic Sleep/Wake Identification from Wrist Activity
The following fundamental research was not performed explicitly using an ActiGraph device. However, the theories developed in this paper are used extensively in ActiGraph’s ActiLife software. The purpose of... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Roger J. Cole1, Daniel F. Kripke1, William Gruen2, Daniel J. Mullaney1, and J. Christian Gillin1
- Institutions: 1 -Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; and San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California 92093, USA.
2 -Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc., Ardsley, New York 10502, USA
Activity Based Sleep-Wake Identification: An Empirical Test of Methodological Issues
The following fundamental research was not performed explicitly using an ActiGraph device. However, the theories developed in this paper are used extensively in ActiGraph’s ActiLife software. Abstract – The... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Avi Sadeh, Katherine M. Sharkey, and Mary A. Carskadon
- Institutions: E.P. Bradley Hospital, Brown University, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Monitoring Sleep-Wake Rhythm with Actigraphy in Patients on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy
Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy has been shown to be effective in alleviating the underlying obstruction as well as reducing patients’ excessive sleepiness and improving their functioning... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Masafumi Otake, Seiko Miyata, Akiko Noda, Yasuo Koike, Yuki Hara, Mari Sugiura, Makoto Minoshima, Jun Kojima, Seiichi Nakata, Tsutomu Nakashima
- Institutions: Nagoya University, Chubu University
Sleep behaviour of old people in Hong Kong
Complaints of poor sleep and changes in sleep-wake patterns are common among old people. An understanding of the common 24-hour sleep-wake patterns and sleep satisfaction among old people is... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Yuk-sim Dorothy Kwok
- Institutions: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sleep Changes Predict The Onset Of Physical Changes Associated With Puberty
A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that changes in children’s sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are... Continue Reading >>>
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Nutritional status, growth and sleep habits among Senegalese adolescent girls
Objective: To study the relation between sleep habits, nutritional status, growth and maturation in a group of African adolescent girls. The main hypothesis to be tested was that sleep... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: E Benefice, D Garnier and G Ndiaye
- Institutions: Epidemiology and Prevention, Research Unit R024, Cheikh Anta Diop University
NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY AND SLEEP ASSESSMENT
Sleep occupies approximately one third of our lives yet its modem study has largely been restricted to the use of the polygraph and to self-report via sleep logs. Actigraphy... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Warren W. Tryon
- Institutions: Fordham University