• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.211-218
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• 2014

The objective of this research is to develop an automatic algorithm based on electrocardiogram (ECG) to estimate slow-wave sleep (SWS). An algorithm is based on 7 indices extracted from heart rate on ECG which simultaneously recorded with standard full night polysomnography from 31 subjects. Those 7 indices were then applied to independent component analysis to extract a feature that discriminates SWS and other sleep stages. Overall Cohen's kappa, accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the algorithm to detect 30s epochs of SWS were 0.52, 0.87, 0.70 and 0.90, respectively. The automatic SWS detection algorithm could be useful combining with existing REM and wake estimation technique on unattended home-based sleep monitoring.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.77-81
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of multi-functional fabric on EEG and growth hormone (GH) during sleep and quality of sleep with the 9 young female athletes. The subjects participated in separated experimental procedure; sleeping in multi-functional fabric wear (experimental group) and cotton wear (control group) for 450min. During the night (22:00-05:30), we recorded the changes of nocturnal polysomnographic sleep recording and GH were measured every 60min. The results show that there are significant differences in percentage of stage 1, 2 and slow wave sleep (SWS) between two groups(S1, p<.05; S2, SWS, p<.01). The SWS percentage of experimental group is 1.89 times higher than control group. The changes of GH secretion varied depending on two experimental procedures. The peak of GH secretion in experimental group is more than controls by 2.4time (p<.001). The quality of sleep in experimetal group is significantly higher than control (p<.01). These results suggest muti-functional fabric wear is effective in inducing the deep sleep and increasing GH and quality of sleep.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.63-67
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• 2012

The reciprocal interaction between sleep and pain has been reported by numerous studies. Patients with acute or chronic pain often complain of difficulty falling asleep, frequent awakenings, shorter sleep duration, unrefreshing sleep, and poor sleep quality in general. According to the majority of the experimental human studies, sleep deprivation may produce hyperalgesic changes. The selective disruption of slow wave sleep has shown this effect more consistently, while results after selective REM sleep deprivation remain unclear. Patients with chronic pain have a marked alteration of sleep structure and continuity, such as frequent sleep-stage shifts, increased nocturnal awakenings, decreased slow wave sleep (SWS), decreased rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and alpha-delta sleep. Many analgesic medications can alter sleep architecture in a manner similar to the effects of acute and chronic pain, suppressing SWS and REM sleep.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.535-540
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• 2006

This study was performed In evaluate sleep efficiencies and conditions for comfortable sleep based on the analysis of Physiological signals under variations in thermal conditions. Five female subjects who have similar life cycle and sleep patterns were participated for the sleep experiment. It was checked whether they had a good sleep before the night of experiment. EEGs were obtained from C3-A2 and C4-A1 electrode sites and EOGs were acquired from LOC (left outer canthus) and ROC (right outer canthus) for REM sleep detection. Sleep stages were classified, then TST (total sleep time), SWS (slow wave sleep) latency and SWS/TST were calculated for the evaluation of sleep efficiencies on thermal conditions. TST was defined as an amount of time from sleep stage 1 to wakeup. SWS latency was from light off time to sleep stage 3 and percentage of SWS over TST was calculated for the evaluation of sleep quality and comfort sleep under thermal conditions. As result, the condition which raise a room temperature provided comfortable sleep.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2010

The sleep homeostatic response significantly affects the state of anesthesia. In addition, sleep recovery may occur during anesthesia, either via a natural sleep-like process to occur or via a direct restorative effect. Little is known about the effects of isoflurane anesthesia on sleep homeostasis. We investigated whether 1) isoflurane anesthesia could provide a sleep-like process, and 2) the depth of anesthesia could differently affect the post-anesthesia sleep response. Nine rats were treated for 2 hours with $ad$ $libitum$ sleep (Control), sleep deprivation (SD), and isoflurane anesthesia with delta-wave- predominant state (ISO-1) or burst suppression pattern-predominant state (ISO-2) with at least a 1-week interval. Electroencephalogram and electromyogram were recorded and sleep-wake architecture was evaluated for 4 hours after each treatment. In the post-treatment period, the duration of transition to slow-wave-sleep decreased but slow wave sleep (SWS) increased in the SD group, but no sleep stages were significantly changed in ISO-1 and ISO-2 groups compared to Control. Different levels of anesthesia did not significantly affect the post-anesthesia sleep responses, but the deep level of anesthesia significantly delayed the latency to sleep compared to Control. The present results indicate that a natural sleep-like process likely occurs during isoflurane anesthesia and that the post-anesthesia sleep response occurs irrespective to the level of anesthesia.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.375-382
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• 2002

운동이 수면에 미치는 효과를 보다 명확하게 검증하기 위해 일반상태가 아닌 카페인으로 인한 수면장애 상태에서 운동의 효과를 조사하였다. 본 연구의 피험자는 3회의 실험 조건(1. 평상시, 2. 카페인 섭취, 3. 카페인섭취 $\times$운동)에 참여해서 이들의 수면변수와 수면시 뇌파를 측정하였다. 카페인은 고용량으로 1200mg(400mg$\times$3)을 투여하였으며, 운동강도는 60% V $O_{2peak}$에서 60분을 사이클 에르고미터를 이용해 실시하였다. 본 실험결과 카페인 섭취로 입면시간 연장과 수면효율성 감소 그리고 서파수면(SWS)의 감소로 수면에 불리한 효과를 유발시켰다. 하지만 카페인 섭취와 운동을 병행했을 때 카페인 투여시 발생된 효과를 상쇄시키는 효과가 나타났다. 이러한 결과로써 고용량의 카페인 섭취가 수면장애 유발 효과가 있었지만 운동을 병행해서 실시했을 때 수면촉진과 수면효율성 그리고 숙면인 서파수면의 증가가 나타남으로써 운동이 수면방해를 완화시키고 수면 향상에 효과가 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한치매학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2024

Background and Purpose: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a progressive decline in cognition and performance of daily activities. Recent studies have attempted to establish the relationship between AD and sleep. It is believed that patients with AD pathology show altered sleep characteristics years before clinical symptoms appear. This study evaluated the differences in sleep characteristics between cognitively asymptomatic patients with and without some amyloid burden. Methods: Sleep characteristics of 76 subjects aged 60 years or older who were diagnosed with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) but not mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or AD were measured using Fitbit^® Alta HR, a wristwatch-shaped wearable device. Amyloid deposition was evaluated using brain amyloid plaque load (BAPL) and global standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) from fluorine-18 florbetaben positron emission tomography. Each component of measured sleep characteristics was analyzed for statistically significant differences between the amyloid-positive group and the amyloid-negative group. Results: Of the 76 subjects included in this study, 49 (64.5%) were female. The average age of the subjects was 70.72±6.09 years when the study started. 15 subjects were classified as amyloid-positive based on BAPL. The average global SUVR was 1.598±0.263 in the amyloid-positive group and 1.187±0.100 in the amyloid-negative group. Time spent in slow-wave sleep (SWS) was significantly lower in the amyloid-positive group (39.4±13.1 minutes) than in the amyloid-negative group (49.5±13.1 minutes) (p=0.009). Conclusions: This study showed that SWS is different between the elderly SCD population with and without amyloid positivity. How SWS affects AD pathology requires further research.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.713-720
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• 2006

Heat conductivity, height, size, elasticity of pillow, stability of shape, hygroscopicity, ventilation, temperature and easy movability, and so on, are considered to be some of major conditions that affect the comfortable sleep. Considering those factors together, the thermal properties, height, shape and feeling of touch, etc, of pillow must be taken into account. Though studies have been conducted to figure out the physical properties of mattress or pillows from the perspective of factors related to the environment of sleep, they are not enough to be used as an index to evaluate the qualitative aspect of sleep. This study tries to consider the effect of pillow filling materials on the comfortable sleep, for which EEG, ECG, EOG, EMG, RT, etc, are to be measured in an attempt to provide the basic data required in proposing the condition that may lead to a sound and comfortable sleep. Three types of pillows that are sold in the market were used for this research in order to evaluate the quality of sleep depending on the filling materials of pillow. All data were statistically processed and the following conclusions were drawn. It was found that the pillow with feathers provided the best comfort as the pillow A turned out to have the shortest sleeping latency(SL) from the perspective of comfort. The pillow B which used the polyethylene is deemed to be suitable for fatigue relieving purpose as it turned out to have the highest slow wave sleep(SWS), but no statistically significant difference was validated. Moreover, the pillow C which used the natural wool was found to have the narrowest contacting area of the pillow and head and provide a great warm heat comfort that may led to a sound sleep because the temperature below the pillow took the longest time to rise.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2006

폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 환자의 수면 구조는 정상인에 비해 서파수면과 렘수면이 줄어들고 1단계 수면, 각성, 수면 분절이 증가한다는 것은 잘 알려져 있으며 이는 각 수면 단계의 분율에 양적인 변화를 의미한다. 그러나 정상 수면 구조를 규정하는 중요한 요소인 야간 수면의 렘수면-비렘수면의 주기성과 비대칭성에 대한 비교 연구는 드물다. 이 연구는 수면전반부와 후반부의 비대칭성이 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 환자에서 손상될 것이라는 가정을 검증해 보고자 하였다. 코골이를 주소로 을지병원 수면클리닉을 방문한 49명의 남자(평균 연령: $39.1{\pm}12.2$세)를 대상으로 야간 수면다원검사를 실시하여 수면무호흡-저호흡 지수(AHI) 15를 기준으로 나눈 단순 코골이(SSN) 군 13명과 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증(OSA) 군 34명의 수면 구조를 독립적 t 검정으로 비교하고 각 군 별로 수면 전반부 후반부의 수면 변인을 따로 구하여 짝지어진 t 검정을 하였다. 연령과 체질량 지수 등의 신체적 조건은 두 군간에 차이가 없었다. OSA 군에서 1단계 수면 비율이 유의하게 늘고, 2단계 수면 비율은 유의하게 감소하였고, 렘수면 비율은 유의하게 감소하였다. 또 전체각성지수와 호흡각성지수가 유의하게 증가하였고, 평균 심박수가 유의하게 더 높았다. 평균 동맥혈 산소포화도의 저하와 산소포화도저하지수(ODI)의 증가, 평균 무호흡시간과 최장 무호흡시간의 증가 등도 OSA 군에서 유의하게 관찰되었다. 총검사시간을 중심으로 수면을 전후반으로 나누어 각 수면 변인을 보았을 때 SSN 군에서 비대칭성(p<0.05)을 보인 변인은 2단계수면 비율, 서파수면 비율, 렘수면 비율, 자발적 각성지수, 총각성지수, 평균 동맥혈산소포화도, 심박수인 반면, OSA 군은 2단계수면 비율, 서파수면 비율, 렘수면 비율, 자발적 각성지수, 평균 무호흡시간, 최장 무호흡시간, 평균 동맥혈산소포화도, 심박수가 비대칭성(p<0.05)을 보였고, 총각성지수는 비대칭성을 보이지 않았다. 가정과 다르게 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증에서 단순 코골이에 비해 달라진 부분은 평균 수면무호흡 시간과 최장 수면무호흡 시간이 증가한 것 뿐이었고, 유일하게 총각성지수만이 비대칭성이 붕괴되어 전반부와 후반부의 차이가 없어졌다. 흥미로운 것은 알려진 수면단계의 비대칭성(전반부에 2단계수면과 서파수면의 비율이 높고, 후반부에 렘수면 비율이 높아지는 점) 이외에도 수면전반부에 총각성지수와 자발적 각성지수, 평균 심박수가 높고 후반부에 평균 동맥혈산소포화도가 높다는 사실이다. 정상 남녀 성인에서도 이러한 경향을 확인할 수 있는지 추가적인 연구가 필요하다.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 1997

누구나 시차가 큰 여행을 할 때 몇일 간 비행시차증이라고 불리우는 증상을 경험하게 된다. 비행시차증은 수면박탈, 비행요인, 지연요인의 복합적인 원인으로 인해 생기는 하나의 증상군이라고 말할 수 있다. 특히 빠른 시차변화로 인한 생리적 지연효과(Jet lag)는 외적 비동조화, 내적 비동조화, 그리고 수면상실의 결과를 낳는다. 인간의 수면을 조절하는 기전에 있어 일중체계가 중요하다. 즉, 평균적인 수면-각성주기는 중심체온의 주기와 내적 비동조화가 일어나더라도 수면경향, 졸리움, 자발적 수면 기간, 그리고 렘수면 경향은 중심체온의 내인성 일중주기에 따라 통제된다. 수면의 구성요소중에서 서파수면은 중심체온의 주기보다는 수면시작시간에 따라 나타나며 이전에 깨어있었던 기간이 길수록 강력하게 나타난다. 따라서 수면은 일중체계와 항상성 기전의 상호작용으로 조절된다. 비행시차 후에 변화되는 수면양상을 이해하는데 있어 일중 체계 이외에 도항상성 기전을 고려하여야한다. 수면에 대한 일중리듬체계의 영향과 수면의 항상성 과정이 비행시차후 도착지에서의 수면양상을 설 명할 수 있을 것이다. 도착지에서의 적응은 통과한 시간대 수, 여행 방향, 일주기 리듬의 부조화에 적응 할 수 있는 개인별 능력에 따라 다르다. 도착지의 시간적 단서에 빨리 노출되어 일중체계의 위상반응곡선에 의한 재동조화를 촉진시키고 수면의 항상성 과정을 고려하여 도착지의 밤 이전까지 충분히 깨어 있는 것이 Jet Lag를 극복하고 적응하는 지름길일 것이다.