ArticleBMJ open2019
Identifying relationships between sleep posture and non-specific spinal symptoms in adults: A scoping review.
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- Novel sleep metrics derived from chest-worn accelerometers are associated with dementia risk: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities neurocognitive study.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2026Article
- Sleep disruption and sleep position: Increased wake frequency in supine predicts lateral position preference.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- Increased adiposity and impaired sleep are associated with severity of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Deciphering Optimal Radar Ensemble for Advancing Sleep Posture Prediction through Multiview Convolutional Neural Network (MVCNN) Approach Using Spatial Radio Echo Map (SREM).Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Preferences and Avoidance of Sleeping Positions Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Depth-Camera-Based Under-Blanket Sleep Posture Classification Using Anatomical Landmark-Guided Deep Learning Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Vision-Based System for In-Sleep Upper-Body and Head Pose Classification.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Blanket Accommodative Sleep Posture Classification System Using an Infrared Depth Camera: A Deep Learning Approach with Synthetic Augmentation of Blanket Conditions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe objectives of this scoping review were to identify (1) study designs and participant populations, (2) types of specific methodology and (3) common results, conclusions and recommendations from the body of evidence regarding our research question; is there a relationship between sleep posture and spinal symptoms.
designScoping review. DATA SOURCES: PEDro, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Library, Medline, ProQuest, PsycINFO, SportDISCUS and grey literature from inception to 10 April 2018. DATA SELECTION: Using a modified Arksey and O'Malley framework, all English language studies in humans that met eligibility criteria using key search terms associated with sleep posture and spinal symptoms were included. DATA EXTRACTION: Data were independently extracted by two reviewers and mapped to describe the current state of the literature. Articles meeting the search criteria were critically appraised using the Downs and Black checklist.
resultsFrom 4186 articles, four articles were identified, of which three were epidemiological and one interventional. All studies examined three or more sleep postures, all measured sleep posture using self-report and one study also used infrared cameras. Two studies examined symptoms arising from the lumbar spine, one the cervical spine and one the whole spine. Waking pain and stiffness were the most common symptoms explored and side lying was generally protective against spinal symptoms.
conclusionsThis scoping review highlights the importance of evaluating sleep posture with respect to waking symptoms and has provided preliminary information regarding relationships between sleep posture and spinal symptoms. However, there were not enough high-quality studies to adequately answer our research question. It is recommended future research consider group sizes and population characteristics to achieve research goals, that a validated measure be used to assess sleep posture, that characteristics and location of spinal symptoms are clearly defined and that the side lying posture is subclassified.
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