{"id":4479,"date":"2017-03-31T20:08:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T20:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/?page_id=4479"},"modified":"2017-03-31T20:35:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T20:35:44","slug":"special-sleep-tests-and-techniques","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/?page_id=4479","title":{"rendered":"Special Sleep Tests and Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"sleeptests_sect0\"><\/a><a id=\"sleeptests_sect0\"><\/a><strong>SLEEP TESTS AND TECHNIQUES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actigraphy<br \/>\nA sleep actigraph is a device that are worn by patients in different ways, depending on the data being collected. Wikipedia describes a version worn on the upper, dominant arm. Other versions are available, to be worn on the patient\u2019s non-dominant wrist, like a watch (see Morin, 77).<br \/>\nSuch devices have been used in sleep research since the 1990\u2019s to record a patient\u2019s activity level throughout the day. Recently, some people have gotten their own to chart their daily activity level. A machines of this type can be downloaded to a personal computer and provide daily graphs of activity.<br \/>\nIt has several advantages over other records. It records actual patient activity, unlike a sleep record, which is self-report. It continues throughout the day in the person\u2019s everyday life, unlike a polysomnography. And it is less expensive to buy and use than a polysomnography.<br \/>\nSide-by side comparisons of various models are reported in SleepReviewmag.com for December 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)<br \/>\nSee copy from Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>Electroencephalogram (EEG)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"sleeptests_EMG\"><\/a><u>Electromyography (EMG)<\/u><br \/>\nThis is a technique for evaluating the electrical potential in skeletal muscles, and provides information about their activation. It can be used to infer a person\u2019s different stages of sleep. A rather technical discussion appears in Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Electrooculography (EOG\/E.O.G.)<br \/>\nThis is a technique for measuring and recording eye movement. It helps distinguish REM from NREM sleep in the sleep lab. A discussion appears in Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Polysomnography (PSG)<br \/>\n(Morin, p.19f, download from wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p>Switch Activated Clock<br \/>\n(Morin, p. 78)&lt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLEEP TESTS AND TECHNIQUES Actigraphy A sleep actigraph is a device that are worn by patients in different ways, depending on the data being collected. Wikipedia describes a version worn on the upper, dominant arm. Other versions are available, to be worn on the patient\u2019s non-dominant wrist, like a watch (see Morin, 77). Such devices &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4491,"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479\/revisions\/4491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treatmentmaps.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}