Sleep Characteristics and PPS
Dr. Bruno’s Original Post: It’s always a relief when another lab confirms your findings. From Brazil:
SLEEP CHARACTERISTICS IN POST-POLIO SYNDROME PATIENTS.
Revista Neurociências 19(1):18-25 December 2010
“The objective of this search was examining the clinical features of Post-polio syndrome patients (PPS) through the analysis of polysomnographic recordings. For this we examined 60 polysomnographic exams of patients with PPS, which were carried out at the Sleep Institute during the year of 2008.”
“RESULTS: In this study, patients with PPS did not show a good sleep quality, which could be evidenced by the decrease in total sleep time, sleep efficiency, increase of the number of micro arousals, DECREASE in slow-wave ("refreshing") sleep.”
“In addition, we observed a PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS index INCREASE as well as increase in APNEAS and HYPOPNEAS (shallow breathing where oxygen drops).”
“CONCLUSION: Sleep disorders are frequent in patients with PPS being principally represented by changes in sleep architecture, increase in APNEAS and HYPOPNEAS and PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS.”