Sleep Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 135-143 , March 2001

Initial demonstration of the accuracy and utility of an ambulatory, three-dimensional body position monitor with normals, sleepwalkers and restless legs patients

  • Stephen W Gorny

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Richard P Allen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • David T Krausman

      Affiliations

    • IM Systems Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • John Cammarata

      Affiliations

    • IM Systems Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 15 July 2000 ,Revised 11 August 2000 ,Accepted 29 August 2000.

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Sleep Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 135-143 , March 2001