Physical Therapy Exercises for Sleep Disorders in a Rehabilitation Setting for Neurological Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Sleep occupies one-third of human life and is essential for health and for emotional, physical, and cognitive well-being. Poor or insufficient sleep is associated with a wide range of dysfunctions that involve different body systems, such as the endocrine, metabolic, and immune systems,...

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Published inBrain sciences Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 1176
Main Authors Tramontano, Marco, De Angelis, Sara, Galeoto, Giovanni, Cucinotta, Maria Carmela, Lisi, Danilo, Botta, Riccardo Maria, D’ippolito, Mariagrazia, Morone, Giovanni, Buzzi, Maria Gabriella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 05.09.2021
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Subjects
Activities of daily living
Bias
Cognitive ability
Exercise
Handbooks
Intervention
Meta-analysis
Multiple sclerosis
Neurological diseases
Neurological disorders
Neurology
neurorehabilitation
Parkinson's disease
Patients
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Physical therapy
Rehabilitation
Restless legs syndrome
Sleep
Sleep disorders
Stroke
Systematic Review
Traumatic brain injury
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Summary:Background: Sleep occupies one-third of human life and is essential for health and for emotional, physical, and cognitive well-being. Poor or insufficient sleep is associated with a wide range of dysfunctions that involve different body systems, such as the endocrine, metabolic, and immune systems, thus compromising the higher cortical functions, cognitive performance, mood, and post-physical activity recovery. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to explore the effectiveness of physical therapy exercises on sleep disorders in patients with neurological disorders. Our systematic review identified 10 articles that investigated the effects of physical therapy on sleep disorders in patients with neurological disorders, 6 of which were included in the meta-analysis. Results suggest that physical therapy exercises are a safe and useful strategy for managing sleep disorders in neurorehabilitation.
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ISSN:2076-3425
2076-3425
DOI:10.3390/brainsci11091176