Optimal Pillow Conditions for High-Quality Sleep: A Theoretical Review
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Optimal Pillow Conditions for High-Quality Sleep: A Theoretical Review
It is widely believed that using a pillow that allows appropriate neck support to maintain cervical lordosis during sleep can lead to better quality sleep.Conversely, use of the wrong type of pillow can compromise pain-sensitive structures and produce waking symptoms, such as cervical pain and stiffness, headaches, and arm pain; and this in turn results in reduced sleep quality. Therefore, the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Science and Technology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0974-5645,0974-6846
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2015/v8is5/62330