Panic disorder (pd) and its complication agoraphobia are among the eight most common psychiatric disorders in this country. at present, no objective laboratory tests exist toassist the clinician in making this diagnosis. there is nowsubstantial experimental evidence that the acute anxiety attack… More

Motor event frequency recording, actigraphy, is a technology useful in studies of sleep disorders, circadian function, activity patterns of adults and infants, and depressive disorders. widespread utilization of this monitoring technology in health applications has been delayed by the lack of an… More

The goal of this research is to create a device, called the actillume, that can monitor on a continuous, long-term basisthe motor activity of a patient concurrently with the light exposure of the patient. the importance of light exposure in affective and certain sleep disorders (delayed sleep-phase… More

The goal of this project is to create a miniature, solid-state device that can monitor, on a continuous, long-term basis, the motor activity of parkinson's disease. the monitoring of motor activity continuously for 6 days will provide information regarding the patient's activity levels; the duration… More

This project addresses sleep disorders in pediatrics by developing a miniaturized, lightweight motionlogger actigraph for activity monitoring. previous studies have demonstrated the value of activity monitoring in sleep disorder determination. the child who is sleep deprived needs proper diagnosis… More

Aircrew management device software, based upon USAARL code and information contained in the & Caldwell, USAARL/USASC 1996) will be refined and optimized for inclusion in an improved existing activity monitoring device. A 3-year cooperative effort… More

This application addresses the need for an alternative to pharmacological treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD (and other conditions that may present motoric excess). Technological enhancements to the Phase I Feedback Actigraph, now referred to as BuzzBee¿, will allow multiple activity… More

This application addresses the need for an alternative to pharmacological treatment of children diagnosed with ADHD (and other conditions that may present motoric excess). Technological enhancements to the Phase I Feedback Actigraph, now referred to as BuzzBee¿, will allow multiple activity… More