Motor events during healthy sleep: a quantitative polysomnographic study.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Many sleep disorders are characterized by increased motor activity during sleep. In contrast, studies on motor activity during physiological sleep are largely lacking. We quantitatively investigated a large range of motor phenomena during polysomnography in physiological sleep.

Design

Prospective polysomnographic investigation.

Setting

Academic referral sleep laboratory.

Participants

One hundred healthy sleepers age 19-77 y were strictly selected from a representative population sample by a two-step screening procedure.

Interventions

N/A.

Measurements and results

Polysomnography according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) standards was performed, and quantitative normative values were established for periodic limb movem

SUBMITTER: Frauscher B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3972421 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature