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33 PubMed-cited studies reviewed. Smart beds, cooling pads, sleep trackers, and recovery sleep systems.

Studies & Evidence (33)

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Messaoudène L et al.Cryobiology(2025)

Maximizing sleep quality and well-being in female athletes: the role of the menstrual cycle and whole-body cryostimulation.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Tu D et al.J Am Heart Assoc(2025)

Overall Sleep Quality Is Associated With Advanced Stages in Patients With Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Schyvens AM et al.Sleep Adv(2025)

A performance validation of six commercial wrist-worn wearable sleep-tracking devices for sleep stage scoring compared to polysomnography.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Lee YJ et al.J Clin Sleep Med(2025)

Performance of consumer wrist-worn sleep tracking devices compared to polysomnography: a meta-analysis.

Cooler sleep surface improves slow-wave sleep depth and subjective quality

Kräuchi K et al.Physiol Rep(2025)

Slow nocturnal body cooling during sleep increases interbeat intervals and is tightly coupled to high-frequency heart rate variability in healthy men.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Gombert-Labedens M et al.Temperature (Austin)(2025)

Effects of menopause on temperature regulation.

Cooler sleep surface improves slow-wave sleep depth and subjective quality

Pasquier F et al.J Therm Biol(2025)

Does body cooling facilitated by bedding compared to control condition improve sleep among adults (18-64 years old)? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cooler sleep surface improves slow-wave sleep depth and subjective quality

Weaver MD et al.Front Sleep(2025)

A non-randomized pre-post pilot study of cooling bed sheets in hot sleeping people.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Robbins R et al.Sensors (Basel)(2024)

Accuracy of Three Commercial Wearable Devices for Sleep Tracking in Healthy Adults.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Fang Y et al.J Affect Disord(2024)

Associations between sleep duration trajectories and risk of cardio-metabolic disease among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Tondo P et al.Sleep Breath(2023)

A consumer wearable device for tracking sleep respiratory events.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Iqbal AZ et al.Nutrients(2023)

Effects of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Intake on Vasomotor Symptoms, Sleep Quality and Depression in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Bigalke JA et al.J Appl Physiol (1985)(2023)

Core body temperature changes before sleep are associated with nocturnal heart rate variability.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Yuan S et al.Metabolism(2023)

Epidemiology of sarcopenia: Prevalence, risk factors, and consequences.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Han H et al.Diabetes Care(2023)

Sleep Duration and Risks of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Among People With Type 2 Diabetes.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Driller MW et al.Sports (Basel)(2023)

Pyjamas, Polysomnography and Professional Athletes: The Role of Sleep Tracking Technology in Sport.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Duralde ER et al.BMJ(2023)

Management of perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Li J et al.Sleep Breath(2022)

Sleep duration and health outcomes: an umbrella review.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Nguyen QNT et al.Clocks Sleep(2021)

Validation Framework for Sleep Stage Scoring in Wearable Sleep Trackers and Monitors with Polysomnography Ground Truth.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Marjot T et al.Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol(2021)

Sleep and liver disease: a bidirectional relationship.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Chinoy ED et al.Sleep(2021)

Performance of seven consumer sleep-tracking devices compared with polysomnography.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Chee NIYN et al.Nat Sci Sleep(2021)

Multi-Night Validation of a Sleep Tracking Ring in Adolescents Compared with a Research Actigraph and Polysomnography.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Chasens ER et al.Nurs Clin North Am(2021)

Sleep and Metabolic Syndrome.

Consumer wearables show moderate-to-good agreement with clinical PSG for sleep staging

Asgari Mehrabadi M et al.JMIR Mhealth Uhealth(2020)

Sleep Tracking of a Commercially Available Smart Ring and Smartwatch Against Medical-Grade Actigraphy in Everyday Settings: Instrument Validation Study.

Cooler sleep surface improves slow-wave sleep depth and subjective quality

Mitchell OJL et al.Crit Care Explor(2019)

Rapid Response and Cardiac Arrest Teams: A Descriptive Analysis of 103 American Hospitals.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Haghayegh S et al.Sleep Med Rev(2019)

Before-bedtime passive body heating by warm shower or bath to improve sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Troynikov O et al.J Therm Biol(2018)

Sleep environments and sleep physiology: A review.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Tobaldini E et al.Neurosci Biobehav Rev(2017)

Sleep, sleep deprivation, autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular diseases.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Grandner MASleep Med Clin(2017)

Sleep, Health, and Society.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Dashti HS et al.Adv Nutr(2015)

Short sleep duration and dietary intake: epidemiologic evidence, mechanisms, and health implications.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Gögenur IDan Med Bull(2010)

Postoperative circadian disturbances.

Inadequate sleep duration associated with cardiometabolic risk

Van Cauter E et al.Sleep Med(2008)

Metabolic consequences of sleep and sleep loss.

Core body temperature cooling during sleep onset improves sleep architecture

Liao WCInt J Nurs Stud(2002)

Effects of passive body heating on body temperature and sleep regulation in the elderly: a systematic review.

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