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  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (POSAS) is linked to supine sleeping.
  • Polysomnographic examination (PSG) is the standard for assessing sleep posture.
  • Positional therapies, including position trainers, aim to prevent supine sleeping.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the reliability of a neck-worn sleep position trainer (Night Shift - NS) in assessing sleeping position.
  • To compare NS data against objective polysomnography (PSG) and infra-red camera evaluations.

Main Methods:

  • Four healthy volunteers participated in the study.
  • Positional data from a type III PSG and the NS device were collected.
  • Infra-red camera recordings were used for objective comparison.

Main Results:

  • The NS device demonstrated high agreement with PSG for trunk position assessment.
  • Limitations were observed in detecting head and neck positions.
  • Low accordance was found between NS data and infra-red camera recordings for head/neck position.

Conclusions:

  • While effective for trunk position, the NS device has limitations in accurately capturing head and neck posture.
  • Further development of sleep position monitoring technologies is necessary for comprehensive body position assessment.