High rebound mattress toppers facilitate core body temperature drop and enhance deep sleep in the initial phase of nocturnal sleep.

Recently, several new materials for mattresses have been introduced. Although some of these, such as low rebound (pressure-absorbing/memory foam) and high rebound mattresses have fairly different characteristics, effects of these mattresses on sleep have never been scientifically evaluated. In the c...

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Main Authors: Shintaro Chiba, Tomoko Yagi, Motohiro Ozone, Mari Matsumura, Hirofumi Sekiguchi, Masashi Ganeko, Sunao Uchida, Seiji Nishino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6021054?pdf=render