Leg movement activity during sleep in school-age children and adolescents: a detailed study in normal controls and participants with restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy type 1

[摘要] Study ObjectivesTo evaluate leg movement activity during sleep (LMS) in normal school-age children and adolescents, to eventually establish age-specific periodic LMS (PLMS) index thresholds that support the diagnosis of restless legs syndrome (RLS), and to evaluate the utility of other LMS indices.

[学科分类] 生理学

[关键词] periodic limb movements;restless legs syndrome;narcolepsy;pediatrics;periodic leg movements during sleep scoring