ArticleSleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
What wrist should you wear your actigraphy device on? Analysis of dominant vs. non-dominant wrist actigraphy for measuring sleep in healthy adults.
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Abstract
objectiveDifferences in sleep results due to the placement of actigraphy devices (non-dominant vs. dominant wrist) are yet to be determined.
methods65 nights of data from 13 adult participants was collected while participants wore two actigraphy devices, one on each wrist. Sleep indices including total sleep time (TST), total time in bed (TTB), sleep efficiency (SE%), sleep latency (SL), wake after sleep onset (WASO), sleep onset time (SOT) and wake time (WT) were assessed between the two devices.
resultsThere were no significant differences between devices for any of the measured sleep variables (
conclusionsBased on our results, it does not seem critical which wrist the actigraphy device is worn on for measuring key sleep variables.
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