Clinical Study

The Effect of Bedding System Selected by Manual Muscle Testing on Sleep-Related Cardiovascular Functions

Table 2

Summary of the polysomnographic data and PSQI scores collected at each stage during the 2-week trials of the control, weak and strong bedding systems.

ParametersControl WeakStrong

Total sleep time (min)
Sleep latency (min)
NREM stage 1 sleep (min)
NREM stage 2 sleep (min)
Slow wave sleep (min)
REM sleep (min)
Wake after sleep onset (min)
Sleep efficiency (%)
NREM stage 1 sleep (%)
NREM stage 2 sleep (%)
Slow wave sleep (%)
REM sleep (%)
Number of arousals in sleep
Arousal index in sleep
Global PSQI
Sleep latency of PSQI
Sleep disturbance of PSQI

Data for the weak and strong bedding systems were from ambulatory polysomnographic recordings. Values are presented as means ± SEM; . versus the participant’s control bedding system.