title: A new look at sleep position via head slant.
abstract: We investigated whether the degree of plagiocephaly (P) (head slant) would predict the particular "position of comfort" adopted prior to sleep. A marked flattening of the right occipital bone (left-dominant occipital plagiocephaly) was noted for the majority of our subjects, coupled with a tendency to prefer a right-sided "position of comfort". Two subjects exhibiting right-dominant occipital P adopted an extreme left-sided sleep position, providing further support for this relationship. We call attention to the possibility that the "position of comfort" adopted prior to sleep, may be a variable of relevance for the entire sleep cycle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glicksohn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kapelusshnik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bar-Ziv
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Myslobodsky
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*