None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Current sleep research in patients with insomnia has indicated the non- pharmacological intervention of neurofeedback (the ability to self-regulate brainwave frequencies) has the capability to successfully enhance sleep parameters. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an individualised neurofeedback protocol for optimising sleep in healthy individuals. With sleep believed to be one of the fundamental aspects of recovery and wellbeing, developing an effective non-pharmacological treatment for enhancing sleep has great potential to enhance recovery and everyday performances.
Interventions
Between pre- and post-measures, the participants will be trained in neurofeedback using the nexus II system to enhance band amplitudes within specific individualised brain frequency bins (neurofeedback). Sessions will be approximately 30 minutes in duration and administered one on one by a physiologist. We anticipate 15 standardised conditioning sessions conducted 5 per week as per previous neurofeedback studies.
Sponsors
Australian Sports Commission
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Sleep onset greater than 30 minutes, sleep maintenance problems or sleep complaints more than 3/per week reported from the participant
Exclusion criteria
shift workers, pregnancy at all stages, parents with newborns, presence of primary sleep disorders, consumption of more than 5 x caffeine beverages a day, phase delayed or phase advanced syndrome.
Outcome results
None listed