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Arm restlessness in patients with restless legs syndrome
- Source :
- Movement Disorders. 15:289-293
- Publication Year :
- 2000
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2000.
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Abstract
- Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurologic disorder characterized principally by leg paresthesia and motor restlessness. Several clinical reports indicated that many patients with RLS also have arm paresthesia and restlessness. In the present study, the incidence of arm restlessness was assessed by questionnaire in 230 patients diagnosed with idiopathic RLS. Arm restlessness was reported by 48.7% of the patients. Patients with and without arm restlessness were compared with regard to clinical and polysomnographic parameters. No between-group differences were found for age at onset of RLS, duration of illness, gender, presence of a family history of RLS, sleep latency, total sleep time, sleep efficiency, and periodic leg movements index during sleep. However, arm restlessness was more frequent in patients with severe RLS. Interestingly, the polysomnographic data failed to differentiate the patients with arm restlessness from those without arm restlessness, except for sleep efficiency, which tended to be lower in patients with arm restlessness. In conclusion, the results of the present study are in agreement with clinical observations that a large proportion of patients with RLS have arm restlessness.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Polysomnography
Neurological disorder
Electromyography
Diagnosis, Differential
Restless Legs Syndrome
mental disorders
Humans
Medicine
Paresthesia
Restless legs syndrome
Family history
Aged
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Body movement
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
nervous system diseases
body regions
medicine.anatomical_structure
Neurology
Arm
Physical therapy
Upper limb
Female
Neurology (clinical)
business
Motor Restlessness
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15318257 and 08853185
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Movement Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3d66c368828c1c218d8403d758f614d2