Background and aims
There is high level evidence for physical activity (PA) improving outcomes in persistent pain disorders and one of the mechanisms proposed is the effect of exercise on central nociceptive modulation. Although laboratory studies and small field intervention studies suggest associations between physical activity and pain sensitivity, the ...
Sleep disorders occur in around 20% of the population and are associated with a multitude of serious health implications. Whilst polysomnography is considered the 'gold standard' in assessing sleep patterns, it is intrusive and costly hence actigraphy is increasingly being considered as a viable alternative. Current actigraphic sleep pattern detection algorithms ...
Introduction: Wrist-activity monitors are widely used to assess sleep and activity. Accurate measurement of time at 'lights out' (LO) is essential for calculation of several activity-derived measures including sleep latency (SL), sleep duration (SD), wake after sleep onset (WASO) and sleep efficiency (SE). To determine LO some devices use subjective ...
The sleeping habits of more than 1,000 adult West Australians are to be assessed to see if their sleep disorders are capable of being passed on to their children.
The research will provide comprehensive data on the sleep patterns of adults aged 45 to 75 years old and investigate the most common disorders ...
Background: The published literature shows no automated method valid for isolating adults out-of-bed wear in continuously worn (24h/day) accelerometer data. We developed an automated algorithm (AA) for continuous hip-worn protocol Actigraph (GT3X+) data that separates out-of-bed wear from in-bed wear and non-wear periods.
Methods: In 95 participants of the ...
Abstract: Wrist actigraphy is commonly used to measure sleep, and hip actigraphy is commonly used to measure activity. It is unclear whether hip-based actigraphy can be used to measure sleep. This study assessed the validity of wrist actigraphy and hip actigraphy compared to polysomnography (PSG) for the measurement of sleep. 108 ...