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Monitoring of Long-Term Motor Activity in Depressed Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Royant-Parola ,
A. A. Borbely ,
I. Tobler ,
O. Benoit  and
D. Widlöcher
S. Royant-Parola
Affiliation:
U3 INSERM, Hopital de la Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l'Hopital, 75013 Paris, France
A. A. Borbely
Affiliation:
Institute of Pharmacology, University of Zürich, Gloriastasse 32, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
I. Tobler
Affiliation:
Institute of Pharmacology, University of Zürich, Gloriastasse 32, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
O. Benoit*
Affiliation:
U3 INSERM, Hopital de la Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l'Hopital, 75013 Paris, France
D. Widlöcher
Affiliation:
Département de Psychiatrie Adulte, Hopital de la Salpêtrière, 47, Boulevard de l'Hopital, 75013 Paris, France
*
Correspondence
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Abstract

Wrist motor activity was continuously recorded by a solid-state monitor in 12 patients with major depression throughout their stay in hospital; their clinical state was evaluated using three scales. During the day, activity troughs and immobility peaks occurred before noon and around 1500 hrs. Activity level progressively increased, while the duration of immobility decreased, with clinical improvement. The immobility measurement appeared to be a valuable index of depression and is more sensitive than the activity level, mainly for agitated depressed patients. Immobility episodes during the day could suggest the release of an ultradian sleep-wake rhythm in depression.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 288 - 293
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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