Technology lets you monitor night’s sleep; understand why it is … – Look Digital

Yes, the technology takes away the sleep of many people. How many are not glued to the TV, the computer, playing video games or, more recently, glaze on the smartphone before going to bed! … Studies claim that exposure is harmful, yes, sleep. The person becomes agitated; sleeps badly. The novelty is that the technology has also serves to give us a better nights sleep, more controlled and healthy

The most complete analysis of sleep is still done by polysomnography. – A test that uses dozens of sensors to assess a number of variables in the patient; from breathing during sleep, blood oxygenation at the level of depth of sleep, how often a person wakes up during the night (without even realizing it), if the person presses the teeth or too move the legs while sleeping and even the pace heart throughout sleep.

More modern than the sensors that monitor the patient during a full night’s sleep, are the software that make a very thorough analysis of the collected information.

But you do not need to have any problem or disorder to monitor your sleep. Several applications for smartphones and especially many wristbands and smart watches already offer this possibility. In mobile phones, these applications use the device’s accelerometer to identify how the person moves in bed while sleeping. Accuracy is not very big …

The watches and bracelets are more efficient than the applications. When the monitoring results of the smartwatches or smartbands are compared with polysomnography, the proximity is great, and with the evolution of technology, the gap between laboratory testing and reading by these devices is becoming smaller. The only warning is that these devices should only be used to monitor your sleep, not to identify a disturbance. But to note, for example, that has slept little or been little time in deep sleep zone, you can understand why you feel so tired the next day and, suddenly, to change some habits.

With a more sensitive accelerometer and high accuracy, actígrafos are the only validated watches to be used as medical equipment.

Of course, it’s likely that smartwaches evolve its sensors and come to offer such high precision as actígrafos. But the main different will still be in the application that reads and analyzes the information collected on the device.

And you? Sleep tight? Have you tried any application or device to monitor your nights sleep? What do you think? Share your experience with us in the comments of this article. And if the technology is also taking his sleep; it might be better to disconnect a little at bedtime and go back to counting sheep …