The Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine

  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 1

Sleep-related leg movement disorders

  • Author:
  • A. Krishna Samavedam
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 12 to 18

American Boards of Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine, Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA.

Abstract

Restless-legs syndrome and periodic leg movements in sleep are sleep-related limb movement disorders that often disrupt nocturnal sleep and cause excessive daytime sleepiness. This article reviews the recent literature regarding epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, differential diagnosis and management.