Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome

Arthur S. Walters; Michael S. Aldrich; Richard Allen; Sonia Ancoli‐Israel; David Buchholz; Sudhansu Chokroverty; Giorgio Coccagna; Christopher Earley; Bruce Ehrenberg; T. G. Feest; Wayne Hening; Neil Kavey; Gilles Lavigne; Joseph Lipinski; Elio Lugaresi; Pasquale Montagna; Jacques Montplaisir; Sarah S. Mosko; Wolfgang Oertel; Daniel Picchietti; Thomas Pollmächer; Renata Shafor; Robert C. Smith; Wenche Telstad; Claudia Trenkwalder; Christian von Scheele; Arthur S. Walters; J. Catesby Ware; Marco Zucconi

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Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome

Arthur S. Walters, Michael S. Aldrich, Richard Allen, Sonia Ancoli‐Israel, David Buchholz, Sudhansu Chokroverty, Giorgio Coccagna, Christopher Earley, Bruce Ehrenberg, T. G. Feest, Wayne Hening, Neil Kavey, Gilles Lavigne, Joseph Lipinski, Elio Lugaresi, Pasquale Montagna, Jacques Montplaisir, Sarah S. Mosko, Wolfgang Oertel, Daniel PicchiettiThomas Pollmächer, Renata Shafor, Robert C. Smith, Wenche Telstad, Claudia Trenkwalder, Christian von Scheele, Arthur S. Walters, J. Catesby Ware, Marco Zucconi

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	634-642
Number of pages	9
Journal	Movement Disorders
Volume	10
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.870100517
State	Published - Sep 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dysesthesias
Paresthesias
Periodic limb movements in sleep
Restless legs syndrome
Sleep disturbance

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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Walters, A. S., Aldrich, M. S., Allen, R., Ancoli‐Israel, S., Buchholz, D., Chokroverty, S., Coccagna, G., Earley, C., Ehrenberg, B., Feest, T. G., Hening, W., Kavey, N., Lavigne, G., Lipinski, J., Lugaresi, E., Montagna, P., Montplaisir, J., Mosko, S. S., Oertel, W., ... Zucconi, M. (1995). Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome. Movement Disorders, 10(5), 634-642. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.870100517

Walters, AS, Aldrich, MS, Allen, R, Ancoli‐Israel, S, Buchholz, D, Chokroverty, S, Coccagna, G, Earley, C, Ehrenberg, B, Feest, TG, Hening, W, Kavey, N, Lavigne, G, Lipinski, J, Lugaresi, E, Montagna, P, Montplaisir, J, Mosko, SS, Oertel, W, Picchietti, D, Pollmächer, T, Shafor, R, Smith, RC, Telstad, W, Trenkwalder, C, von Scheele, C, Walters, AS, Ware, JC & Zucconi, M 1995, 'Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome', Movement Disorders, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 634-642. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.870100517

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