Marked decrease of rest-activity rhythm amplitude with time in non-demented disabled nursing home residents

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-141

  Goichot, Bernard ^a   Vinzio, Stéphane ^a   Kaltenbach, Georges ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythms; Light exposure; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TIME;

EID: 27844474346     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2005.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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