Automated Sleep Detection in Movement Disorders Using Deep Brain Stimulation and Machine Learning

Mov Disord. 2024 Nov;39(11):2097-2102. doi: 10.1002/mds.29987. Epub 2024 Aug 23.

Abstract

Background: Automated sleep detection in movement disorders may allow monitoring sleep, potentially guiding adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS).

Objectives: The aims were to compare wake-versus-sleep status (WSS) local field potentials (LFP) in a home environment and develop biomarkers of WSS in Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), and Tourette's syndrome (TS) patients.

Methods: Five PD, 2 ET, and 1 TS patient were implanted with Medtronic Percept (3 STN [subthalamic nucleus], 3 GPi [globus pallidus interna], and 2 ventral intermediate nucleus). Over five to seven nights, β-band (12.5-30 Hz) and/or α-band (7-12 Hz) LFP power spectral densities were recorded. Wearable actigraphs tracked sleep.

Results: From sleep to wake, PD LFP β-power increased in STN and decreased in GPi, and α-power increased in both. Machine learning classifiers were trained. For PD, the highest WSS accuracy was 93% (F1 = 0.93), 86% across all patients (F1 = 0.86). The maximum accuracy was 86% for ET and 89% for TS.

Conclusion: Chronic intracranial narrowband recordings can accurately identify sleep in various movement disorders and targets in this proof-of-concept study. © 2024 The Author(s). Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Keywords: Parkinson's disease; deep brain stimulation; machine learning; movement disorders; sleep.

MeSH terms

  • Actigraphy / methods
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Deep Brain Stimulation* / methods
  • Essential Tremor* / diagnosis
  • Essential Tremor* / physiopathology
  • Essential Tremor* / therapy
  • Female
  • Globus Pallidus / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement Disorders / diagnosis
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Movement Disorders / therapy
  • Parkinson Disease* / physiopathology
  • Parkinson Disease* / therapy
  • Sleep / physiology
  • Subthalamic Nucleus / physiopathology
  • Tourette Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Tourette Syndrome / therapy