Sleep and Pain in Pediatric Illness: A Conceptual Review.

CONCLUSION: It is essential that research further examine objective sleep, elucidate the pain-sleep relationship, consider physiological and psychosocial mechanisms of this relationship, and investigate nonpharmacological interventions aimed at improving pain and sleep in vulnerable pediatric populations.
PMID: 27421251 [PubMed - in process]

Source: CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics - October 27, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Allen JM, Graef DM, Ehrentraut JH, Tynes BL, Crabtree VM Tags: CNS Neurosci Ther Source Type: research