Actigraphy for Measurement of Sleep and Sleep-Wake Rhythms in Relation to Surgery
Author(s) -
Michael Tvilling Madsen,
Jacob Rosenberg,
Ismail Gögenür
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.2598
Subject(s) - actigraphy , medicine , sleep (system call) , psycinfo , sleep onset , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medline , circadian rhythm , insomnia , psychiatry , computer science , political science , law , operating system
Patients undergoing surgery have severe sleep and sleep-wake rhythm disturbances resulting in increased morbidity. Actigraphy is a tool that can be used to quantify these disturbances. The aim of this manuscript was to present the literature where actigraphy has been used to measure sleep and sleep-wake rhythms in relation to surgery.
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