Long-lasting sleep patterns of adult patients with minor traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and non-mTBI subjects

• Published in: Sleep medicine Vol. 9; no. 5; pp. 481 - 487
• Main Authors: Schreiber, Shaul, Barkai, Gabriel, Gur-Hartman, Tamar, Peles, Einat, Tov, Naveh, Dolberg, Ornah T., Pick, Chaim G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Brain Concussion - diagnosis; Brain Concussion - physiopathology; Cerebral Cortex - physiopathology; Circadian Rhythm - physiology; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - diagnosis; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Minor traumatic brain injury (mTBI); Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT); Neurology; Polysomnography; Polysomnography (PSG); Post-Concussion Syndrome - diagnosis; Post-Concussion Syndrome - physiopathology; Risk Factors; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - diagnosis; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - physiopathology; Sleep Medicine; Sleep Stages - physiology; Snoring - physiopathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT); Adults; Minor traumatic brain injury (mTBI); Polysomnography (PSG)

Sleep disturbance is a common subjective complaint of minor traumatic brain-injured (mTBI) patients, but little is known about the characteristics of sleep disturbance in adults years after the injury. Polysomnographic (PSG) and multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) records of 26 mTBI adult patients wi...