Research for promoting sleep with the lower limb warming

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20791669
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University
• Principal Investigator: OSHIMA Chika Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University, 医学部・保健学科, 准教授 (30405063)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 看護学 / 睡眠 / 高齢者 / 体動検知パネル / ひずみゲージ / アクチグラフ

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to establish methods of analysis awake-sleep patterns with strain sensor. The number of body motion per minute calculated based on Actigraphy significantly correlated with strain amount calculated based on strain sensor. The next step would be to compare strain amount with sleep electroencephalogram.
These findings have suggested that strain sensor may be applied to monitor body motion during sleep.