Restless Legs Syndrome masquerades as chronic insomnia

A Bonakis, A Androutsou, ME Koloutsou, E Vagiakis - Sleep Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study is to emphasize the importance of the clinical suspicion
of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) among patients with chronic insomnia. Methods We …

The four diagnostic criteria for Restless Legs Syndrome are unable to exclude confounding conditions (“mimics”)

WA Hening, RP Allen, M Washburn, SR Lesage… - Sleep medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological survey studies have suggested that a large fraction of the
adult population, from five to more than 10%, have symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome …

Restless legs syndrome--relevant aspects for internal medicine specialists.

C Sitaru, V Cristea, SM Florea - Romanian Journal of Internal …, 1999 - europepmc.org
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Ekbom's syndrome, is a fairly common
complaint which is not widely recognised by medical professionals, although it seems to …

Restless legs syndrome: a clinical study of 55 patients

CL Bassetti, D Mauerhofer, M Gugger, J Mathis… - European …, 2001 - karger.com
Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common sleep disorder. In 1995, clinical
criteria for the diagnosis of RLS were defined. Objective: To describe the clinical spectrum in …

Psychiatric comorbidities in restless legs syndrome

U Kallweit, E Werth, A Seiz, S Sefidan… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological sleep disorder with frequent (39%)
coexisting psychiatric comorbidities. Patients with any psychiatric comorbidity had fewer …

Prospective survey on the natural course of restless legs syndrome over two years in a closed cohort

T Kagimura, T Nomura, M Kusumi, K Nakashima… - Sleep Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study was set out to identify the population with restless legs syndrome
(RLS) developing a chronic course and the impact of long-term morbidity of RLS on disorder …

Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management of restless legs syndrome

PM Becker, M Novak - Current medical research and opinion, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This narrative review describes the differential diagnosis of restless legs
syndrome, and provides an overview of the evidence for the associations between RLS and …

Restless legs syndrome

WG Ondo - Neurologic clinics, 2009 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is clinically defined by the presence of 4 criteria:(1) an urge to
move the limbs with or without sensations,(2) worsening at rest,(3) improvement with activity …

Restless legs syndrome

JW Winkelman - Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry, 2007 - books.google.com
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder that is generally not appropriately
diagnosed or treated by the medical community because of nonchalance toward insomnia …

Clinical presentation of restless legs syndrome: Does the gender matter?

R Gupta, S Ahmad, M Dhar, D Goel… - Sleep and Biological …, 2014 - Springer
This study was conducted to find out whether higher prevalence of females among restless
legs syndrome (RLS) patients in a clinical setting is related to clinical presentation and co …