The effects of presleep activity on all-night sleep.

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• Personal Author:
  Brownam CP ; Tepas, Donald I.
• Description:
  The effects of light dynamic exercise, a progressive relaxation procedure, and a boring monotonous vigilance task on the uninterrupted sleep of normal subjects were investigated during 4 consecutive nights. Nine male undergraduate college students completed a sleep habit questionnaire, and were physiologically monitored during their presleep activities and during 7.5 hours of sleep. The latency of sleep onset was shortest after relaxation and longest after exercise. Presleep heart rate and muscle tension differences as measured by an electromyograph were not related to sleep onset. Analyses of sleep stages indicated that the presleep activities produced no significant differences except in Rapid Eye Movement latency after exercise. No significant differences were observed between each presleep activity condition and normative data. The authors conclude that activity immediately before bed may effect changes in sleep latency without any substantial disturbances to the normal sleep pattern. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Electrophysiology Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Sleep EEG Electrophysiological-measurements Exercise Grants-other NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Personality-traits Physical-exercise Physiological-effects Physiological-factors Presleep Activity Progressive Relaxation Psychic-activity-level Rest-periods Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders Task-performance Vigilance

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• ISSN:
  0048-5772
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00092592
• Citation:
  Psychophysiology 1976 Nov; 13(6):536-540
• Contact Point Address:
  Psychology Saint Louis University 221 North Grand Boulevard St Louis, MO 63103
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  St. Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19751101
• Source Full Name:
  Psychophysiology
• End Date:
  19790331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8544d85a2c69231815f9f8e943d84ec97713c081d484fd2919675f4d8f92bb2ac314c96b30e04e441b377d5252a6f88898541e0e49f6383a8210c7e1585d827e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184300/cdc_184300_DS1.pdf
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