ArticleJournal of sleep research2020
Gentle rocking movements during sleep in the elderly.
Article in Journal of sleep research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Non-Pharmacological Intervention for Personalizing Sleep Quality through Gentle Rocking Motion.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Tackling Insomnia Symptoms through Vestibular Stimulation in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Perspective Paper.Cancers · 2023Article
- Vestibular Disorders and Hormonal Dysregulations: State of the Art and Clinical Perspectives.Cells · 2023Review
- Hormones and Vestibular Disorders: The Quest for Biomarkers.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Sleep-Based Interventions in Alzheimer's Disease: Promising Approaches from Prevention to Treatment along the Disease Trajectory.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Gentle rocking movements during sleep in the elderly.Journal of sleep research · 2020Article
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Vestibular stimulation in the form of rocking movements could be a promising non-pharmacological intervention for populations with reduced sleep quality, such as the elderly. We hypothesized that rocking movements influence sleep by promoting comfort. We assessed whether gentle rocking movements can facilitate the transition from wake to sleep, increase sleep spindle density and promote deep sleep in elderly people. We assessed self-reported comfort using a pilot protocol including translational movements and movements along a pendulum trajectory with peak linear accelerations between 0.10 and 0.20 m/s
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