Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in children and adolescents

MA Picchietti, DL Picchietti - Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2008 - Elsevier
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) has been recognized as a common and treatable
neurologic disorder in adults for some time, but the occurrence of RLS in children and …

Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in children and adolescents: comorbidity with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

DL Picchietti, AS Walters - Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North …, 1996 - Elsevier
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) are neurologic
conditions that are increasingly being recognized as common, significant sleep disorders in …

Diagnosis and management of restless legs syndrome in children

N Simakajornboon, L Kheirandish-Gozal… - Sleep medicine reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent published evidence suggests that restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic limb
movement disorder (PLMD) are common condition in children and adolescents. It is likely …

Pediatric restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: parent–child pairs

DL Picchietti, RR Rajendran, MP Wilson, MA Picchietti - Sleep medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Although recent publications have reported the occurrence of restless legs
syndrome (RLS) and periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) in children and adolescents …

Somatic and neuropsychiatric comorbidities in pediatric restless legs syndrome: a systematic review of the literature

M Angriman, S Cortese, O Bruni - Sleep medicine reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a relatively common neurological disorder in childhood,
although it is usually overlooked due to the atypical presentation in children and associated …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric restless legs syndrome diagnostic criteria: an update by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group

DL Picchietti, O Bruni, A de Weerd, JS Durmer… - Sleep medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Specific diagnostic criteria for pediatric restless legs syndrome (RLS) were
published in 2003 following a workshop at the National Institutes of Health. Due to …

Early manifestations of restless legs syndrome in childhood and adolescence

DL Picchietti, HE Stevens - Sleep medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To describe the symptomatology reported by a series of children and
adolescents who at initial consultation did not meet full diagnostic criteria for pediatric …

Advances in pediatric restless legs syndrome: iron, genetics, diagnosis and treatment

MA Picchietti, DL Picchietti - Sleep medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
A substantial literature characterizes pediatric restless legs syndrome (RLS), which occurs in
about 1.9% of individuals between 8 and 18years of age. Diagnostic interview techniques …

Prevalence and correlates of restless legs syndrome in adolescents

K Yilmaz, A Kilincaslan, N Aydin… - … Medicine & Child …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of restless legs
syndrome (RLS) in adolescents. Method A sleep questionnaire aimed at identifying …

Restless legs syndrome, sleep, and quality of life among adolescents and young adults

GE Silva, JL Goodwin, KD Vana… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - jcsm.aasm.org
Objective: Clinical reports in children implicate restless legs syndrome (RLS) with sleep and
behavior problems. However, population-based studies on this association in adolescents …