TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome
AU - Walters, Arthur S.
AU - Aldrich, Michael S.
AU - Allen, Richard
AU - Ancoli‐Israel, Sonia
AU - Buchholz, David
AU - Chokroverty, Sudhansu
AU - Coccagna, Giorgio
AU - Earley, Christopher
AU - Ehrenberg, Bruce
AU - Feest, T. G.
AU - Hening, Wayne
AU - Kavey, Neil
AU - Lavigne, Gilles
AU - Lipinski, Joseph
AU - Lugaresi, Elio
AU - Montagna, Pasquale
AU - Montplaisir, Jacques
AU - Mosko, Sarah S.
AU - Oertel, Wolfgang
AU - Picchietti, Daniel
AU - Pollmächer, Thomas
AU - Shafor, Renata
AU - Smith, Robert C.
AU - Telstad, Wenche
AU - Trenkwalder, Claudia
AU - von Scheele, Christian
AU - Walters, Arthur S.
AU - Ware, J. Catesby
AU - Zucconi, Marco
PY - 1995/9
Y1 - 1995/9
N2 - A large International Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Study Group has been formed. As its first task, the group has taken upon itself the role of definig the clinical features of the RLS. As minimal criteria for diagnosis, the group proposes the following four features: (a) desire to move the extremities, often associated with paresthesias/dysesthesias; (b) motor restlessness; (c) worsening of symptoms at rest with at least temporary relief by activity, and (d) worsening of symptoms in the evening or night. Other features commonly seen in RLS include sleep disturbance, periodic limb movements in sleep and similar involuntary movements while awake, a normal neurological examination in the idiopathic from, a tendency for the symptoms to be worse in middle to older age, and, in some cases, a family history suggestive of an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance.
AB - A large International Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Study Group has been formed. As its first task, the group has taken upon itself the role of definig the clinical features of the RLS. As minimal criteria for diagnosis, the group proposes the following four features: (a) desire to move the extremities, often associated with paresthesias/dysesthesias; (b) motor restlessness; (c) worsening of symptoms at rest with at least temporary relief by activity, and (d) worsening of symptoms in the evening or night. Other features commonly seen in RLS include sleep disturbance, periodic limb movements in sleep and similar involuntary movements while awake, a normal neurological examination in the idiopathic from, a tendency for the symptoms to be worse in middle to older age, and, in some cases, a family history suggestive of an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance.
KW - Dysesthesias
KW - Paresthesias
KW - Periodic limb movements in sleep
KW - Restless legs syndrome
KW - Sleep disturbance
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U2 - 10.1002/mds.870100517
DO - 10.1002/mds.870100517
M3 - Article
C2 - 8552117
AN - SCOPUS:0029129647
SN - 0885-3185
VL - 10
SP - 634
EP - 642
JO - Movement Disorders
JF - Movement Disorders
IS - 5
ER -