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  • noun The use of the actigraph to record the movements of a sleeping subject, and analyze the subject's sleep patterns

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Examples

  • The alternative approach in sleep research is called actigraphy, and it pretty much takes the opposite direction.

    Gizmodo Thomas Goetz 2010

  • The alternative approach in sleep research is called actigraphy, and it pretty much takes the opposite direction.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

  • The alternative approach in sleep research is called actigraphy, and it pretty much takes the opposite direction.

    Gizmodo Thomas Goetz 2010

  • The alternative approach in sleep research is called actigraphy, and it pretty much takes the opposite direction.

    Gizmodo Thomas Goetz 2010

  • The alternative approach in sleep research is called actigraphy, and it pretty much takes the opposite direction.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

  • The alternative approach in sleep research is called actigraphy, and it pretty much takes the opposite direction.

    Gizmodo Thomas Goetz 2010

  • The actigraphy measurements of participants who consumed the cherry juice saw an increase of around 15 minutes to the time spent in bed, 25 minutes in their total sleep time and a 5-6% increase in their ‘sleep efficiency', a global measure of sleep quality.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • During the study the participants wore an actigraphy watch sensor which monitored their sleep and wake cycles and kept a daily diary on their sleeping patterns.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • Objective sleep was measured by actigraphy, and subjective sleep by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • Objective sleep was measured by actigraphy, and subjective sleep by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

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