Publications [#281997] of Andrew D. Krystal
Papers Published
- McCall, WV; Erwin, CW; Edinger, JD; Krystal, AD; Marsh, GR, Ambulatory polysomnography: technical aspects and normative values.,
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society, vol. 9 no. 1
(January, 1992),
pp. 68-77, ISSN 0736-0258 [1552010]
(last updated on 2023/06/01)Abstract:
Ambulatory polysomnographic (APSG) assessment of sleep disorders is now possible, but the technique of APSG is sufficiently different from in-laboratory PSG that normative data from in-laboratory PSG may not apply to APSG. This paper reviews the technical aspects of APSG and presents normative APSG data from 20 older healthy males. Subjects underwent medical and psychiatric screening before completing APSG in their homes. Total sleep time and the rapid-eye-movement sleep latency (RL) were both shorter than those reported by others using traditional in-laboratory techniques. The shorter total sleep may be related to behaviors at home that impinge upon sleep. The shorter RL may be related to differences in calculation methods. Periodic limb movements were common in our subjects but did not contribute to sleep disturbance. We conclude that APSG is sufficiently different from traditional PSG as to warrant collection of a large normative data base.Keywords:
Ambulatory Care • Cerebral Cortex • Circadian Rhythm • Electroencephalography • Humans • Monitoring, Physiologic • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted • Sleep Disorders • Sleep Stages • Sleep, REM • diagnosis* • instrumentation* • physiology • physiology* • physiopathology