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SleepPos App: An Automated Smartphone Application for Angle Based High Resolution Sleep Position Monitoring and Treatment [PDF]

Sensors, 2021
Poor sleep quality or disturbed sleep is associated with multiple health conditions. Sleep position affects the severity and occurrence of these complications, and positional therapy is one of the less invasive treatments to deal with them.
Ignasi Ferrer-Lluis, Yolanda Castillo-Escario, Josep Maria Montserrat, Raimon Jané   +3 more
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Enhanced Monitoring of Sleep Position in Sleep Apnea Patients: Smartphone Triaxial Accelerometry Compared with Video-Validated Position from Polysomnography [PDF]

Sensors, 2021
Poor sleep quality is a risk factor for multiple mental, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular diseases. Certain sleep positions or excessive position changes can be related to some diseases and poor sleep quality.
Ignasi Ferrer-Lluis, Yolanda Castillo-Escario, Josep Maria Montserrat, Raimon Jané   +3 more
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Modification of maternal late pregnancy sleep position: a survey evaluation of a New Zealand public health campaign [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction A ‘Sleep-On-Side When Baby’s Inside’ public health campaign was initiated in New Zealand in 2018. This was in response to evidence that maternal supine going-to-sleep position was an independent risk factor for stillbirth from 28 weeks ...
, John M D Thompson, Edwin A Mitchell, Karen Hoare, Catherine Jackson, Rennae S Taylor, Lesley M E McCowan, Minglan Li, Robin S Cronin, Jessica Wilson, Karen F Falloon, Sophie Skelton, Elsie Brown, Vicki M Culling, Jacqui Anderson, Saraid Black, Tania Cornwall, Alison Eddy, Tim Edmonds, Ngatepaeru Marsters, Isis McKay, Lisa Paraku, Liz Pearce, Bronwen Pelvin, Helen Pulford, Megan Tahere   +25 more
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The Practice of Infant Sleep Position among Mothers in Jimma Town Public Health Institutions, Jimma, Oromia, South West Ethiopia, 2022 [PDF]

Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2023
Background One of the important interventions in the infantile period is the selection of appropriate infant sleeping position. Unsafe infant sleep position is associated with sudden unexpected death in infancy. Yet, little is known about the practice of
Aynalem Yetwale, Bilen Tigstu, Tsegaw Biyazin, Belete Fenta, Yalemtsehay Dagnaw, Yaregal Dessalew   +5 more
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Women’s sleep position during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2021
Background Approximately 2.6 million babies are stillborn each year globally, of which 98% occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A 2019 individual participant data meta-analysis of 6 studies from high-income countries found that maternal ...
Shania K. Rossiter, Samia Aziz, Alyce N. Wilson, Liz Comrie-Thomson, Tomasina Stacey, Caroline S. E. Homer, Joshua P. Vogel   +6 more
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An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Maternal Going-to-Sleep Position, Interactions with Fetal Vulnerability, and the Risk of Late Stillbirth [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine, 2019
Background: Maternal supine going-to-sleep position has been associated with increased risk of late stillbirth (≥28 weeks), but it is unknown if the risk differs between right and left side, and if some pregnancies are more vulnerable.
Robin S. Cronin, Minglan Li, John M.D. Thompson, Adrienne Gordon, Camille H. Raynes-Greenow, Alexander E.P. Heazell, Tomasina Stacey, Vicki M. Culling, Victoria Bowring, Ngaire H. Anderson, Louise M. O'Brien, Edwin A. Mitchell, Lisa M. Askie, Lesley M.E. McCowan   +13 more
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Evaluation of sleep position shifts in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with the use of a mandibular advancement device [PDF]

Frontiers in Dental Medicine
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate position shifts during sleep of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome both with and without the use of a mandibular advancement device (MAD).MethodsIn total, 73 adult Caucasian patients ...
Domenico Ciavarella, Donatella Ferrara, Carlotta Fanelli, Graziano Montaruli, Giuseppe Burlon, Michele Laurenziello, Lucio Lo Russo, Fariba Esperouz, Michele Tepedino, Mauro Lorusso   +9 more
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Exploring the dynamics of snoring in relation to sleep stages: Implications for gender differences, sleep position, and upper airway collapsibility. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the sleep stage during which isolated snoring occurs in children and adults, and to analyze changes after treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).MethodsThis retrospective study examined duration of ...
Masaaki Suzuki, Yuichi Kawai, Yoshihiro Funayama   +2 more
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Detection of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Using a Smartphone

Sensors, 2021
Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) have an increased risk of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which can lead to serious comorbidities and impact patients’ recovery and quality of life. However, sleep tests are rarely performed on SCI patients, given
Yolanda Castillo-Escario, Hatice Kumru, Ignasi Ferrer-Lluis, Joan Vidal, Raimon Jané   +4 more
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Effects of Body Pillow Use on Sleeping Posture and Sleep Architecture in Healthy Young Adults [PDF]

Sleep Medicine Research, 2021
Background and Objective Patients with position-dependent obstructive sleep apnea have a > 2-fold higher apnea-hypopnea index when sleeping in a supine position compared with a non-supine position.
Insung Park, Chihiro Suzuki, Yoko Suzuki, Fusae Kawana, Katsuhiko Yajima, Shoji Fukusumi, Toshio Kokubo, Kumpei Tokuyama, Masashi Yanagisawa, Makoto Satoh   +9 more
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