Diagnostic thresholds for quantitative REM sleep phasic burst duration, phasic and tonic muscle activity, and REM atonia index in REM sleep behavior disorder with and without comorbid obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1649-1662B

  McCarter, Stuart J ^a   St Louis, Erik K ^a   Duwell, Ethan J ^a   Timm, Paul C ^a   Sandness, David J ^a   Boeve, Bradley F ^a   Silber, Michael H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

AASM; Diagnosis; Obstructive sleep apnea; Parkinson disease; Quantitative analysis; REM sleep behavior disorder; REM sleep without atonia; Threshold cutoffs; Tonic muscle activity; Transient phasic muscle burst activity and duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTONIA; PARASOMNIA; PHASIC BURST DURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REM SLEEP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE TONE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84907923582     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4074     Document Type: Article

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