Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 16 , Pages 3214-3216 , 1 December 2010

Validation of a posturographic approach to monitor sleepiness

  • Pia Forsman

      Affiliations

    • Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University Spokane, USA
    • Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University Spokane, 702 South Campus Facility, P.O. Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-1495, USA. Tel.: +15093587756; fax: +15093587810.
    • ,
  • Anders Wallin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Edward Hæggström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki, Finland

,Accepted 11 August 2010.

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PII: S0021-9290(10)00446-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.013

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 16 , Pages 3214-3216 , 1 December 2010

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