An alternative measure of sleep fragmentation in clinical practice: The sleep fragmentation index

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-581

  Haba Rubio, José ^a   Ibanez, Vicente ^a   Sforza, Emilia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microarousals; Polysomnography; Sleep disorders; Sleep fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 7044269589     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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