Pierre Philip, Cyril Chaufton, Jacques Taillard, Patricia Sagaspe, Damien Léger, Monika Raimondi, Andrew Vakulin, Aurore Capelli
OBJECTIVE: Sleepiness at the wheel is a risk factor for traffic accidents. Past studies have demonstrated the validity of the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) scores as a predictor of driving impairment in untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), but there is limited information on the validity of the maintenance of wakefulness test by MWT in predicting driving impairment in patients with hypersomnias of central origin (narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia)...
August 2013: International Journal of Psychophysiology