Methodological Issues for Studying the Rest-Activity Cycle and Sleep Disturbances: A Chronobiological Approach Using Actigraphy Data

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-12

  Calogiuri, Giovanna ^a   Weydahl, Andi ^b   Carandente, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronobiology; circadian rhythms; rhythmometric analysis; sleep analysis; sleep patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84869778549     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800411416224     Document Type: Article

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