ALPHA-LIKE EEG ACTIVITY IN NON-REM SLEEP AND THE FIBROMYALGIA (FIBROSITIS) SYNDROME

被引:78
作者
HORNE, JA
SHACKELL, BS
机构
[1] Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough
来源
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | 1991年 / 79卷 / 04期
关键词
ALPHA ACTIVITY; KAPPA ACTIVITY; ALPHA-DELTA SLEEP; NON-REM SLEEP; FIBROMYALGIA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1016/0013-4694(91)90122-K
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
The occurrence and characteristics of alpha-like activity during non-REM (NREM) sleep were examined in 11 subjects suffering from non-inflammatory (non-rheumatoid) musculoskeletal pain - fibromyalgia ('fibrositis'), and in 15 symptom-free controls. Both groups claimed to be good sleepers. Mean percentage alpha-like activity in sleep stages 2, 3, 4 and for NREM as a whole were greatest for the fibromyalgia group, but not significantly different from those of the controls. Overlap in the distribution of NREM alpha-like activity in sleep between the two groups indicated that it is not directly related to musculoskeletal symptoms. Spectral analyses showed a frontal area prevalence of this (kappa?) activity in the fibromyalgia group.
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