Introduction: The purpose of this systematic review is to provide supporting evidence for a
clinical practice guideline on the use of actigraphy. Methods: The American Academy of …

Actigraphs are compact, lightweight, computerized accelerometer-based devices that have
been used to evaluate sleep and wake in humans for nearly four decades. 1 While …

Activity-based sleep-wake monitoring or actigraphy has gained a central role as a sleep
assessment tool in sleep medicine. It is used for sleep assessment in clinical sleep research …

Background: Actigraphy is increasingly used in sleep research and the clinical care of
patients with sleep and circadian rhythm abnormalities. The following practice parameters …

Study Objectives: This study compared actigraphy with videosomnography in preschool-
aged children, with special emphasis on the accuracy of detection of nighttime awakenings …

Background: Although a level 1 nocturnal polysomnogram (PSG) is often used to evaluate
children with non-respiratory sleep disorders, there are no published evidence-based …

Background In the context of increasing awareness about the need for assessment of sleep
duration in community and clinical settings, the use of questionnaire-based tools may be …

Actigraphy as an objective measure of sleep and wakefulness in infants and children has
gained popularity over the last 20 years. However, the field lacks published guidelines for …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of using different algorithms on the output from an
Actical accelerometer, a device normally used to measure physical activity, to distinguish …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Few commercially available brands of actigraphs (ACT) have been
subjected to rigorous validation with infant participants. The purpose of this study was to …