"Actigraphy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The measurement and recording of MOTOR ACTIVITY to assess rest/activity cycles.
| Descriptor ID |
D056044
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.520.049 E05.003.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Actigraphy" by people in Profiles.
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St Laurent CW, Yousefi F, Parvizi P, Holmes JF, Lokhandwala S, Riggins T, Spencer RMC. Sleep and Movement Behaviours in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study With Compositional Data Analysis. J Sleep Res. 2026 Aug; 35(4):e70279.
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Griggs S, Howard Q, Armentrout BL, Pignatiello GA, Strohl KP, Crawford SL, Li CR, Leuchtag M, Hickman RL. A Randomized Pilot Cognitive Behavioral Sleep Health Trial for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes. Behav Sleep Med. 2025 Sep-Oct; 23(5):685-697.
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St Laurent CW, Lokhandwala S, Allard T, Ji A, Paluch A, Riggins T, Spencer RMC. Relations between 24-h movement behaviors, declarative memory, and hippocampal volume in early childhood. Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 17; 15(1):9205.
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Price SN, Crawford SL, Swanson LM, Hood MM, Avis NE. Actigraphy-derived multidimensional sleep health among breast cancer survivors and controls: Pink SWAN. J Cancer Surviv. 2026 Jun; 20(3):1131-1144.
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Witkowski S, White Q, Shreyer S, Brown DE, Sievert LL. The influence of habitual physical activity and sedentary behavior on objective and subjective hot flashes at midlife. Menopause. 2024 May 01; 31(5):381-389.
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Kainec KA, Caccavaro J, Barnes M, Hoff C, Berlin A, Spencer RMC. Evaluating Accuracy in Five Commercial Sleep-Tracking Devices Compared to Research-Grade Actigraphy and Polysomnography. Sensors (Basel). 2024 Jan 19; 24(2).
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Song TA, Chowdhury SR, Malekzadeh M, Harrison S, Hoge TB, Redline S, Stone KL, Saxena R, Purcell SM, Dutta J. AI-Driven sleep staging from actigraphy and heart rate. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0285703.
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St Laurent CW, Holmes JF, Spencer RMC. Temporal Associations between Actigraphy-Measured Daytime Movement Behaviors and Nap Sleep in Early Childhood. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 11 19; 19(22).
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Chase JD, Busa MA, Staudenmayer JW, Sirard JR. Sleep Measurement Using Wrist-Worn Accelerometer Data Compared with Polysomnography. Sensors (Basel). 2022 Jul 04; 22(13).
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St Laurent CW, Andre C, Holmes JF, Fields ND, Spencer RMC. Temporal relationships between device-derived sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep in early childhood. Sleep. 2022 04 11; 45(4).