A team of New Jersey researchers conducted a sleep study in inpatients in pediatric rehabilitation using an actigraph, a wrist-worn accelerometer that enables noninvasive continuous monitoring of sleep-wake cycles. This study is the first to use this rest-activity ratio as a measure of sleep-wake regulation in children with brain injury during inpatient rehabilitation. The team’s findings were reported in «Examining the use of a rest-activity ratio in a pediatric rehabilitation setting,» published online on January 31, 2022, by the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Actigraphy shows promise as objective noninvasive measure of sleep-wake regulation in children with brain injury
A team of New Jersey researchers conducted a sleep study in inpatients in pediatric rehabilitation using an actigraph, a wrist-worn accelerometer that enables noninvasive continuous monitoring of sleep-wake cycles. This study is the first to use this rest-activity ratio as a measure of sleep-wake regulation in children with brain injury during inpatient rehabilitation. The team's findings were reported in "Examining the use of a rest-activity ratio in a pediatric rehabilitation setting," published online on January 31, 2022, by the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.