Gender differences in the presentation of subjects with restless legs syndrome

AJ Bentley, KD Rosman, D Mitchell - Sleep medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To better understand the origin of the disproportionate
number of women in previous treatment studies of patients with restless legs syndrome …

Involvement of legs and other body parts in patients with restless legs syndrome and its variants

K Suzuki, S Suzuki, M Miyamoto, T Miyamoto… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterized by the urge to move the legs
accompanied by movement-responsive, abnormal sensations, which worsen at rest and …

Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and associated risk factors among middle-aged Saudi population

SO Wali, B Abaalkhail - Annals of thoracic medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study that was conducted from February 2013 to
June 2013 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The target study population was Saudi school …

Restless legs syndrome: diagnosis, epidemiology, classification and consequences

G Merlino, M Valente, A Serafini, GL Gigli - Neurological Sciences, 2007 - Springer
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder characterised by a complaint of an
almost irresistible urge to move the legs. RLS is diagnosed clinically by means of the four …

Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in the general population

MM Ohayon, T Roth - Journal of psychosomatic research, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) and restless legs syndrome (RLS)
are two sleep disorders characterized by abnormal leg movements and are responsible for …

Sleep apnea syndrome comorbid with and without restless legs syndrome: differences in insomnia specific symptoms

F Pistorius, P Geisler, TC Wetter, T Crönlein - Sleep and Breathing, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Objective Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) is frequently comorbid with Restless Legs
Syndrome (RLS). Both disorders are associated with disturbed sleep. However, data about …

Correlation between putative indicators of primary restless legs syndrome severity

M Aksu, S Demirci, W Bara-Jimenez - Sleep medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several methods of assessing disease severity in restless
legs syndrome (RLS) have been suggested. The purpose of this study was to examine the …

Validation of the self-completed Cambridge-Hopkins questionnaire (CH-RLSq) for ascertainment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a population survey

RP Allen, BJ Burchell, B MacDonald, WA Hening… - Sleep medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Epidemiological studies of restless legs syndrome (RLS)
have been limited by lack of a well validated patient-completed diagnostic questionnaire that …

Prevalence of idiopathic and secondary restless legs syndrome in Korean Women

YM Park, HJ Lee, SG Kang, HS Choi, JE Choi… - General hospital …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of idiopathic and secondary
restless legs syndrome (RLS) and to compare them among Korean women. METHODS: A …

Restless legs syndrome: what have we learned from prevalence studies and how will incidence studies further clinical knowledge?

DL Picchietti, MA Picchietti - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2012 - jcsm.aasm.org
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease, is now generally
appreciated in the medical literature as common and complex. Over 50 prevalence studies …