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Sleep Medicine and Physical Therapy

A Comprehensive Guide for Practitioners

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Editors:
  1. Cristina Frange

    1. Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Escola Paulista de Medicina Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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  2. Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho

    1. Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Escola Paulista de Medicina Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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  • Highlights the importance of sleep for health
  • Discusses evidences of physiotherapy and sleep medicine
  • Focuses on new research and treatment possibilities

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Basic Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sleep: Definition, Concept, New Area for Physical Therapy

      • Cristina Frange, Ana Carolina Aguilar, Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho
      Pages 3-11

    3. Normal Sleep: Interindividual Differences and Sleep Variability

      • Maria Júlia Figueiró Reis
      Pages 13-20

    4. Brief History of Sleep Medicine and Its Importance for Overall Health

      • Monica Levy Andersen, Sergio Tufik
      Pages 21-27

  3. Sleep Medicine for the Physical Therapist

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Basic Principles of Sleep Physiotherapy Practice

      • Cristina Frange, Cristina Staub, Stavros Stathopoulos
      Pages 31-37

    3. Sleep Physiology and Neuroendocrinology for Physiotherapists

      • Priscila Farias Tempaku
      Pages 39-49

  4. Physiotherapeutic Management of Sleep Disturbances

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Insomnia: An Overview

      • Ana Carolina Aguilar, Cristina Frange
      Pages 53-59

    3. Insomnia: Physiotherapeutic Approach

      • Carolina Vicaria Rodrigues D’Aurea, Giselle Soares Passos, Cristina Frange
      Pages 61-73

    4. Restless Legs Syndrome ( Willis-Ekbom Disease ) and Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep: An Overview

      • Ana Carolina Dias Gomes, Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho
      Pages 75-87

    5. Restless Legs Syndrome (Willis-Ekbom Disease) and Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep: Physiotherapeutic Approach

      • Simone Barreto dos Santos, Cristina Frange
      Pages 89-102

    6. Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders: An Overview

      • Melissa Araújo Ulhôa, Claudia R. C. Moreno
      Pages 103-113

    7. Physical Therapy in Circadian Rhythm Disorders: Chrono-rehabilitation?

      • Cristina Frange
      Pages 115-124

    8. Sleep Bruxism: An Overview

      • Cibele Dal Fabbro, Gilles J. Lavigne
      Pages 125-137

    9. Sleep Bruxism: Physiotherapeutic Approach

      • Cinthia Santos Miotto, Amélia Pasqual Marques
      Pages 139-145

    10. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Overview

      • Fernanda Louise Martinho Haddad, Lia Rita Azeredo Bittencourt, Renato Stefanini, Débora Strose Villaça, Sônia Maria Guimarães Pereira Togeiro
      Pages 147-156

    11. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Physiotherapeutic Approach

      • Moara Gomes da Rocha Cruz, Rafaela Garcia Santos de Andrade
      Pages 157-170

    12. Central Sleep Apnea: An Overview

      • Luciane Impelliziere Luna Mello, Luciana Palombini
      Pages 171-179
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About this book

Sleep is considered one of the vital signs and has become an important public health issue in our society. Thus, sleep impacts on overall health and, conversely, certain common medical conditions can impair sleep. Emerging evidence, in conjunction with clinical experience, demonstrates that physical therapy improves several sleep disorders and also optimized sleep contributes to boost rehabilitation. As health care professionals, physical therapists are singularly concerned with well-being and need to be competent to instruct their patients to rest and sleep.

This book discusses evidences of physiotherapy and sleep medicine. It elucidates the neurophysiological background and mechanisms for physiotherapeutic resources and techniques, directing the future for promising research in the area. Divided in seven sections, the work initially addresses the basic concepts of sleep and physiotherapy and its relation to practice, including the importance of sleep medicine for health. The second section focuses on the basic conceptions of physical therapists' understanding and working in clinical practice and research with sleep.The next section reviews the most common sleep disturbances such as insomnia, restless legs syndrome, and respiratory sleep disturbances. Special populations, spotlighting childhood and adolescence, women physiologic reproductive stages, sleep and gender, and sleep and pain interactions are also examined. Last sections discuss the physical therapy resources to improve sleep and to treat sleep disturbances.

This title is an essential resource not only for graduate students, residents, health professionals and physiotherapists working in prevention and rehabilitation, but also for researchers interested in screening, diagnostic and treatment innovations. It is addressed to neurologists, sleep medicine specialists and physical educators as well.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Escola Paulista de Medicina Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Cristina Frange, Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho

About the editors

Cristina Frange, PT, Ph.D., specialized in neurofunctional physiotherapy. Certified in Sleep Physiotherapy by the Brazilian Sleep Association (ABS) and by the Brazilian Association of Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy and Intensive Care Physiotherapy (ASSOBRAFIR). Member of the Network for Health Promotion in Life and Work (HPLW) of Word Confederation for Physical Therapy, and of the Brazilian Sleep Association (ABS). Clinical experience in neurofunctional physiotherapy, chronic pain and sleep medicine. Actually, is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). The scientific interest is the treatment of sleep disorders with physiotherapy and the improvement of physiotherapy sessions by enhancing and educating patients about sleep.

Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho, MD, Ph.D., holds his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Science from UNIFESP, and was a post-doctoral research fellow at University of Toronto. Actually, is a Full Professor at Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, at UNIFESP. Clinical experience in Neurology and Sleep Medicine. Development of research in neurology (stroke and rehabilitation) and in sleep diseases (narcolepsy, periodic limb movements of sleep, restless legs syndrome, and obstructive sleep apnea). Author of “Sleep and Stroke”, book published in Brazilian Portuguese and of several book chapters. The highest scientific interest is the overlap between sleep and neurology focusing on an interdisciplinary approach.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sleep Medicine and Physical Therapy

  • Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide for Practitioners

  • Editors: Cristina Frange, Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85074-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85073-9Published: 11 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85076-0Published: 11 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85074-6Published: 10 December 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 431

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurology, Physiotherapy, Otorhinolaryngology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Gynecology

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