A new study in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests balance and gait are impaired during midsleep awakenings among healthy, late middle-aged and older adults. Researchers suggest impairment is not ameliorated by exposure to room lighting, when compared to dim lights. The results also caution that midsleep awakenings are in and of themselves a risk factor for falls in the healthy aging population.
Read the study in JCSM: Standing Balance and Spatiotemporal Aspects of Gait Are Impaired Upon Nocturnal Awakening in Healthy Late Middle-Aged and Older Adults
