Unobtrusive Movement Detection during Sleep based on Load Cell Dynamics

  • Adriana Miorelli Adami UCS
  • André Gustavo Adami UCS
  • Tamara Hayes Oregon Health and Science University
  • Zachary Beattie Oregon Health and Science University

Abstract


Changes in the pattern of motor activities during sleep can be a disease marker, or can reflect various abnormal physiological and neurological conditions. Currently, there are no unobtrusive ways to assess the quality of sleep at point of care outside of a clinic. In this paper, we propose an alternative method of detecting movements during sleep that can be deployed unobtrusively in a patient’s own home by using load cells sensors. This subject-independent method uses a linear discriminant function to detect periods of movement in a cohort of 17 patients admitted to a sleep lab. The system yields a sensitivity of 97.5% and a specificity of 99% when compared to technicians’ annotations.

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Published
2013-07-23
ADAMI, Adriana Miorelli; ADAMI, André Gustavo; HAYES, Tamara; BEATTIE, Zachary. Unobtrusive Movement Detection during Sleep based on Load Cell Dynamics. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTING APPLIED TO HEALTHCARE (SBCAS), 13. , 2013, Maceió/AL. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2013 . p. 1147-1155. ISSN 2763-8952.