Sleep behavior after reverse shoulder replacement in comparison to a healthy control group

Individuals with shoulder pathologies frequently report sleep problems. Improving sleep quality is a treatment focus of shoulder arthroplasty. So far, it is unclear whether altered anatomy and biomechanics in reversed total shoulder arthroplasty affect sleep quality in the long term. In addition to a subjective evaluation, a reliable assessment can be obtained by recording objective sleep parameters. With the help of actigraphy, body movements are registered and divided into active and inactive phases by means of threshold values. Thanks to the valid correspondence with waking and sleeping phases, the calculation of objective sleep parameters is successful.