Projects
Target sleep: the role of sleep on motor memory consolidation in Parkinson's disease KU Leuven
This project signifies the sleep-motor interaction in Parkinson's disease (PD) by testing the effect of non-invasive sleep interventions on the retention of motor training effects. We investigate whether a post-training nap enhances the retention of a motor learning task as compared to wakefulness. We also explore to what degree sleep disturbances impact motor learning in PD. Together, this will inform rehabilitation programs so PD patients ...
Blended CBT sleep intervention to improve sleep, ADHD symptoms and related problems in adolescents with ADHD KU Leuven
ADHD is highly prevalent, in adolescence daily life problems and comorbidity steeply increase. Up to 75% of the adolescents experience sleep problems casually related to increased ADHD symptom impairment, oppositional, depressive symptomatology and functional impairments. Most common sleep difficulties are insomnia, daytime sleepiness, nocturnal awakenings and nonrestorative sleep, often accompanied by inadequate sleep hygiene and/or spending ...
ADHD specific sleep intervention to improve sleep, ADHD symptoms and related problems in adolescents with ADHD KU Leuven
Up to 72% of adolescents with ADHD experience sleep problems (Langberg et al., 2017), which are likely to be bidirectionally causally related to increased ADHD symptom impairment (Becker et al., 2019), and causally related to oppositional, depressive symptomatology (Becker et al., 2020) and functional impairments (Langberg et al., 2013). Sleep problems become more prevalent over the lifespan. Thus, reducing sleep problems is an important ...
SLEEP IN THE CITY: How does artificial light at night affect EEG-based measures of sleep (CitySleep)? University of Antwerp
Vulnerability to sleep loss and to changes in sleep-wake schedule: Differentiation of the contributing role of individual characteristics of the homeostatic sleep drive and the circadian rhythm Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The effects of Closed-Loop Auditory Stimulation during Sleep on sleep quality and motor learning in Parkinson’s disease KU Leuven
Sleep facilitates motor learning and is critical for our health. People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) suffer from sleep problems that severely affect their wellbeing. Poor sleep also impairs motor learning, which hampers rehabilitation effects. We thus want to test whether closed-loop auditory stimulation can improve sleep while at the same time facilitate motor learning in PD. If proven effective, two main problems are addressed with an ...
Enhancement of slow wave sleep in Alzheimer's disease by closed-loop acoustic stimulation KU Leuven
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Sleeping problems (like difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep) is a very common symptom in AD. This often leads to additional problems like excessive daytime sleepiness, depressive mood or agitation during the day or at night. Together this has an important detrimental effect on the quality of life of persons with AD. What’s more, this results in increased burden for the ...
Enhancement of slow wave sleep in Alzheimer’s disease by closed-loop acoustic stimulation KU Leuven
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Sleeping problems (like difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep) is a very common symptom in AD. This often leads to additional problems like excessive daytime sleepiness, depressive mood or agitation during the day or at night. Together this has an important detrimental effect on the quality of life of persons with AD. What’s more, this results in increased burden for the ...
Revolution of sleep diagnostics and personalized health care based on digital diagnostics and therapeutics with health data integration KU Leuven
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with various negative health consequences including increased risk of heart disease, hypertension and daytime sleepiness causing road accidents. The economic burden of OSA is rising as almost 1 billion people worldwide are estimated to have OSA. The current diagnostic metric, however, relates poorly to these symptoms and comorbidities. It merely measures the frequency of breathing cessations without ...