Quantitative effects of mattress types (comfortable vs. uncomfortable) on sleep quality through polysomnography and skin temperature

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 943-949

  Lee, Hyunja ^a   Park, Sejin ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mattress; Polysomnogram; Skin temperature; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; EYE MOVEMENTS; SKIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MATTRESS; POLYSOMNOGRAM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP QUALITY;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VIDEORECORDER; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 33750459714     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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