Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Angelos Vlahoyiannis, George Aphamis, Gregory C. Bogdanis, Giorgos K. Sakkas, Eleni Andreou, Christoforos D. Giannaki
Summary: This systematic review examined objective sleep parameters for athletes under different conditions and found that athletes had shorter sleep duration and lower sleep efficiency compared to non-athlete healthy adults. Young athletes were particularly prone to sleep issues, and sleep quality and architecture varied across different training periods.
JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Michael A. Grandner, Zohar Bromberg, Aaron Hadley, Zoe Morrell, Arnulf Graf, Stephen Hutchison, Dustin Freckleton
Summary: This study tested the performance of the Happy Ring, a novel wearable sleep technology, and compared it with other commercial wearables. The results showed that the Happy Ring performed well in sleep/wake detection, and the personalized algorithm had higher detection accuracy than the generalized algorithm and other devices.
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Scott Hoff, Nancy Collop
Summary: A 50-year-old patient with epilepsy, hypertension, loud snoring, recent 50-lb weight gain, and abrupt awakenings with a feeling of breathlessness but no headaches or excessive daytime sleepiness presented with concerns. What would you do next?
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Review
Psychiatry
Mariana Francisco Ferreira, Sandra Carvalho Bos, Antonio Ferreira Macedo
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of physical activity on insomnia. A systematic literature review was conducted and 15 eligible articles were analyzed. The results showed that physical activity had a beneficial effect on insomnia, especially in improving sleep efficiency. Objective methods, such as polysomnography and actigraphy, were useful in assessing sleep in insomnia and evaluating the efficacy of physical activity interventions.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Bing Xue, Amy Licis, Jill Boyd, Catherine R. Hoyt, Yo-El S. Ju
Summary: This study validated the use of actigraphy in assessing sleep in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and found that children with CP have worse sleep efficiency and duration.
Review
Clinical Neurology
Sterre C. N. van de Langenberg, Desana Kocevska, Annemarie I. Luik
Summary: The identification of optimal sleep duration recommendations for the general population is essential due to its association with significant health outcomes. Sleep is a multidimensional concept that includes various aspects such as timing, regularity, satisfaction, alertness, and efficiency. Various factors, including age, sex, and origin, influence sleep across different dimensions. For instance, old age is associated with an increase in insomnia symptoms and shorter, less deep sleep. Women generally report poorer sleep quality despite men having shorter and more fragmented sleep according to objective measures. Minorities tend to have poorer sleep quantity and quality, although there are mixed results regarding the subjective experience of sleep in multi-ethnic studies. Understanding the multidimensionality of sleep and its interaction with different factors requires comprehensive research incorporating self-reported measures and objective assessments in diverse population-based samples. Data-driven descriptions can provide valuable insights into individuals' sleep quality and guide efforts to promote sleep health.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Huifang Zhai, Yonghong Yan, Siqi He, Pinyong Zhao, Bohan Zhang
Summary: Compared with PSG and actigraphy, CCSTDs are more advantageous for large-sample and long-period experiments due to their low price, convenience, and unobtrusiveness. This review examines the effectiveness of CCSTDs application in human experiments.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Larissa Alice Kubek, Patrizia Kutz, Claudia Roll, Boris Zernikow, Julia Wager
Summary: This study assessed the applicability of actigraphy in children with life-limiting conditions and severe neurological impairment receiving pediatric palliative care. The results showed that actigraphy generated similar findings to polysomnography in sleep onset, sleep offset, wake after sleep onset, total sleep time (TST), and sleep efficiency. However, actigraphy slightly overestimated TST and sleep efficiency while underestimating other parameters. Overall, actigraphy seems to be a promising method for detecting sleep problems in severely ill children.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Benjamin Stucky, Ian Clark, Yasmine Azza, Walter Karlen, Peter Achermann, Birgit Kleim, Hans-Peter Landolt
Summary: The study validated Fitbit Charge 2 against portable home PSG in shift workers, showing reasonably accurate estimates for sleep and heart rate, but wide limits of agreement hinder precision in quantifying individual sleep episodes. The value of the consumer-grade multisensor wearable could be enhanced with open-source algorithms and raw data access.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Psychiatry
Xiao Liang, Hui Qiu, Shirley Xin Li
Summary: Sleep disturbances are commonly reported among children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but objectively measured sleep parameters show only minor differences compared to typically developing peers. A meta-analysis of 45 articles found that ADHD individuals have longer sleep latency and slightly decreased sleep efficiency measured by actigraphy, but no significant differences were observed in polysomnography measurements. Medication status and comorbid psychiatric conditions significantly influenced the group differences in sleep efficiency between ADHD and typically developing individuals. Additionally, the nights recorded by actigraphy had a significant impact on the group differences in sleep latency between ADHD and typically developing individuals.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Emily Wood, James K. K. Westphal, Itamar Lerner
Summary: Mobile sleep-monitoring devices are gaining popularity as a replacement for traditional polysomnography recordings. However, their accuracy is often not properly evaluated by independent researchers. In this study, we compared the performance of two popular mobile electroencephalogram-based systems and found some discrepancies in their results.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hanne Siri Amdahl Heglum, Havard Kallestad, Daniel Vethe, Knut Langsrud, Trond Sand, Morten Engstrom
Summary: This study evaluated the real-time capabilities of a radar sensor in distinguishing between sleep and wakefulness. The sensor showed high accuracy and sensitivity in healthy young adults, while slightly lower but still feasible results were seen in patients referred for a sleep examination. The radar has potential for contact-free real-time monitoring of sleep for in-patients and ambulatory home monitoring.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Angelos Vlahoyiannis, Christoforos D. Giannaki, Giorgos K. Sakkas, George Aphamis, Eleni Andreou
Summary: This study found that moderate low carbohydrate intake increased the duration and proportion of N3 sleep stage, while high carbohydrate intake prolonged rapid eye movement (REM) stage duration. The changes in both quantity and quality of carbohydrates significantly impacted sleep onset latency and sleep continuation measures, indicating the need for further research on the effects of long-term carbohydrate interventions on sleep.
Review
Clinical Neurology
Sean P. Carruthers, Gemma Brunetti, Susan L. Rossell
Summary: The purpose of the study was to understand the relationship between sleep disturbances and cognition in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, but the diverse list of sleep parameters and cognitive domains investigated, as well as a lack of replication, resulted in an overall lack of consistent pattern in the results.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Nicholas I. Y. N. Chee, Shohreh Ghorbani, Hosein Aghayan Golkashani, Ruth L. F. Leong, Ju Lynn Ong, Michael W. L. Chee
Summary: The study found that the multisensor Oura ring yielded comparable sleep measurement to research grade actigraphy in healthy adolescents, but sleep staging needs improvement.
NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Gal Ifergane, Andrey Ovanyan, Ronen Toledano, Aviv Goldbart, Ibrahim Abu-Salame, Asher Tal, Moshe Stavsky, Victor Novack
Article
Pediatrics
Asher Tal, David Greenberg, Yossef Av-Gay, Inbal Golan-Tripto, Yael Feinstein, Shalom Ben-Shimol, Ron Dagan, Aviv D. Goldbart
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Pediatrics
Inbal Golan-Tripto, Aviv Goldbart, Khaled Akel, Yotam Dizitzer, Victor Novack, Asher Tal
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Respiratory System
Lea Bentur, Michal Gur, Moshe Ashkenazi, Galit Livnat-Levanon, Marko Mizrahi, Asher Tal, Abdi Ghaffari, Yuval Geffen, Micha Aviram, Ori Efrati
JOURNAL OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS
(2020)
Article
Infectious Diseases
David Shaki, Gabriel Hodik, Siham Elamour, Raouf Nassar, Eyal Kristal, Ron Leibovitz, Amir Horev, Eugene Leibovitz
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Pediatrics
Inbal Golan-Tripto, Neta Loewenthal, Asher Tal, Yotam Dizitzer, Yael Baumfeld, Aviv Goldbart
Summary: Children with acute bronchiolitis exhibited significantly lower levels of vitamin D compared to those with non-respiratory febrile illnesses, and deficiency of vitamin D was more prevalent in bronchiolitis patients.
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Katia Averbukh, Adi Goldbart, Aviv Goldbart, Asher Tal, Daniel M. Kaplan, Moshe Puterman, Sabri El-Saied, Ben-Zion Joshua
Summary: This study aims to compare the safety and long-term symptoms between tonsillectomy and subtotal tonsillectomy. The results show that tonsillectomy has an advantage in resolving snoring in the long term.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Respiratory System
Aviv Goldbart, Moran Lavie, Ronit Lubetzky, Giora Pillar, Daniel Landau, Yechiel Schlesinger, Ronen Spiegel, Inbal Golan-Tripto, Amit Nahum, David Greenberg, Asher Tal
Summary: This study compared the safety and efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) administered at two concentrations for infants with bronchiolitis. The results showed that the group treated with 150 ppm iNO achieved clinical improvement and discharge criteria faster than the other two groups. This treatment group also had a shorter hospital stay and no severe treatment-related adverse events were observed.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Critical Care Medicine
A. Tal, R. Kalaora, M. Hatan, S. Lisi, A. Avniel, D. Greenbreg, S. Yarkoni, M. Rimkus, A. Goldbart, E. Bortey
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2021)
Meeting Abstract
Critical Care Medicine
T. Wolak, R. Kalaora, M. Hatan, S. Yarkoni, D. Greenberg, E. Bortey, S. Lisi, A. Avniel, A. Tal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Odeya David, Galia Barash, Rotem Agur, Neta Loewenthal, Lior Carmon, David Shaki, Dganit Walker, Rosa Novoa, Alon Haim, Eli Hershkovitz
Summary: Patients with HRD syndrome exhibit growth retardation and multiple endocrine abnormalities, including growth hormone deficiency, hypoglycemia, and hypothyroidism. Magnetic resonance imaging reveals various abnormal features in these patients. Periodic screening for thyroid and adrenal functions is recommended.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2021)
Article
Respiratory System
Maayan Yitshak-Sade, Dror Yudovitch, Victor Novack, Asher Tal, Itai Kloog, Aviv Goldbart
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
(2017)
Proceedings Paper
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Maayan L. Yizraeli Davidovich, Roman Karasik, Asher Tal, Zvika Shinar
2016 COMPUTING IN CARDIOLOGY CONFERENCE (CINC), VOL 43
(2016)