Restless legs syndrome

M Manconi, D Garcia-Borreguero… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2021 - nature.com
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common sensorimotor disorder characterized by an urge
to move that appears during rest or is exacerbated by rest, that occurs in the evening or night …

Worldwide estimation of restless legs syndrome: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of prevalence in the general adult population

A Broström, Z Alimoradi, J Lind… - Journal of Sleep …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This systematic review, meta‐analysis and meta‐regression assessed the prevalence of
restless legs syndrome (RLS) in the general adult population. Studies identified in Scopus …

Restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease diagnostic criteria: updated International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) consensus criteria–history …

RP Allen, DL Picchietti, D Garcia-Borreguero… - Sleep medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Background In 2003, following a workshop at the National Institutes of Health, the
International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) developed updated …

New concepts in the management of restless legs syndrome

D Garcia-Borreguero, I Cano-Pumarega - bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease (WED) is a
neurological condition with an overall prevalence in adults of 5-10% in Europe and North …

An update on restless legs syndrome (Willis-Ekbom disease): clinical features, pathogenesis and treatment

D Garcia-Borreguero, AM Williams - Current opinion in neurology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Recent epidemiological findings have shown that RLS/WED is a common neurological
disorder that affects up to 5% of the adult population in Western countries. In moderate and …

Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives of epidemiologic research in restless legs syndrome (RLS)

DL Picchietti, SK Van Den Eeden, Y Inoue, K Berger - Sleep medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
In the 20 years since the initial consensus on a common definition for restless legs
syndrome (RLS), over 600 scientific reports on epidemiological aspects of RLS have been …

Restless legs syndrome: impact on sleep‐related breathing disorders

FJ Roux - Respirology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common chronic sensory‐motor neurological disorder
that remains a clinical diagnosis. Most RLS patients present with sleep complaints in the …

Natural course of restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease: long-term observation of a large clinical cohort

T Mitterling, A Heidbreder, A Stefani, J Fritz, H Ulmer… - Sleep Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Although restless legs syndrome (RLS)/Willis–Ekbom disease (WED) is a common
neurological disorder, data on the long-term course and management of the disease are …

A two-year follow-up study on the symptoms of sleep disturbances/insomnia and their effects on daytime functioning

Y Komada, T Nomura, M Kusumi, K Nakashima… - Sleep Medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study attempts to identify changes in the symptoms of sleep
disturbances/insomnia over a two-year course and their effects on daytime functioning …

The association between restless legs syndrome and premotor symptoms of Parkinson's disease

H Iwaki, KC Hughes, X Gao, MA Schwarzschild… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Previous studies regarding the association between restless legs syndrome
(RLS) and Parkinson's disease (PD) have produced contradictory results. However, the time …