Sleep and Migraine in Children: An Actigraphic Study


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Sleep and Migraine in Children: An Actigraphic
Study
Bruni O., et al.
Posted August 2003
Presented at: 45th Annual Scientific Meeting
American Headache Society
June 19-22, 2003; Chicago, Illinois

Objectives: Evaluating the relationship between migraine attacks and sleep-wake cycle through actigraphic monitoring.

Conclusions: Our data showed a mutual relationship between migraine attack and alterations of sleep wake cycle, mediated by a decrease of motor activity in the night preceding the migraine attack demonstrating that the physiological system "prepared" the attack.

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