Levodopa for idiopathic restless legs syndrome: evidence‐based review

CF Conti, MM De Oliveira, RB Andriolo… - Movement …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensory motor disorder characterized by a distressing
urge to move the legs and sometimes also other parts of the body usually accompanied by a …

Restless legs syndrome: an update on treatment options

AHV Schapira - Drugs, 2004 - Springer
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) was first described in 1672 but it is only recently that this
disorder has attracted attention in defining its phenotype, and identifying its aetiology …

Treatment of restless legs syndrome: an evidence‐based review and implications for clinical practice

C Trenkwalder, WA Hening, P Montagna… - … : official journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Only in the last three decades, the restless legs syndrome (RLS) has been examined in
randomized controlled trials. The Movement Disorder Society (MDS) commissioned a task …

Restless legs syndrome

S Lesage, CJ Earley - Current treatment options in neurology, 2004 - Springer
Opinion statement In the past 10 years, restless legs syndrome (RLS) has gained
recognition as a common sleep disorder. There are several therapeutic options in treating …

Rapid onset of action of levodopa in restless legs syndrome: a double-blind, randomized, multicenter, crossover trial

H Beneš, B Kurella, J Kummer, J Kazenwadel, R Selzer… - Sleep, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of levodopa plus benserazide in the
treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS), in terms of the frequency of periodic limb …

Assessment of restless legs syndrome—methodological approaches for use in practice and clinical trials

R Kohnen, RP Allen, H Benes… - … : official journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder that has only
recently been extensively investigated by validated methods. Following the first presentation …

One‐year treatment with standard and sustained‐release levodopa: appropriate long‐term treatment of restless legs syndrome?

C Trenkwalder, VC Seidel, J Kazenwadel… - Movement …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the long‐term efficacy and safety of sustained‐release (SR) in combination
with regular‐release (RR) levodopa/benserazide in the treatment of restless legs syndrome …

Role of dopamine receptor agonists in the treatment of restless legs syndrome

S Happe, C Trenkwalder - CNS drugs, 2004 - Springer
The restless legs syndrome (RLS) is defined by four essential criteria obligatory for clinical
diagnosis which were established, and recently revised, by the International RLS Study …

Clinical trials in restless legs syndrome—recommendations of the European RLS Study Group (EURLSSG)

C Trenkwalder, R Kohnen, RP Allen… - … : Official Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Study Group (EURLSSG) is an
association of European RLS experts who are actively involved in RLS research. A major …

Restless legs syndrome

P Odin, M Mrowka, M Shing - European Journal of Neurology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), first described in 1672 and given its name in 1945, is one of
the most common sleep and movement disorders. Modern population‐based studies …