Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology: a report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop …

RP Allen, D Picchietti, WA Hening, C Trenkwalder… - Sleep medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Restless legs syndrome is a common yet frequently undiagnosed sensorimotor
disorder. In 1995, the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group developed …

The treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in adults—an update for 2012: practice parameters with an evidence-based systematic …

RN Aurora, DA Kristo, SR Bista, JA Rowley, RS Zak… - Sleep, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A systematic literature review and meta-analyses (where appropriate) were performed to
update the previous AASM practice parameters on the treatments, both dopaminergic and …

The restless legs syndrome

C Trenkwalder, W Paulus, AS Walters - The lancet neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
The restless legs syndrome is a common disorder that encompasses an idiopathic form of
genetic or unknown origin and symptomatic forms associated with many causes …

Sleep disorders, restless legs syndrome, and uremic pruritus: diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms in dialysis patients

JS Scherer, SA Combs, F Brennan - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2017 - Elsevier
Maintenance dialysis patients experience a high burden of physical and emotional
symptoms that directly affect their quality of life and health care utilization. In this review, we …

Effect of exercise training and dopamine agonists in patients with uremic restless legs syndrome: a six-month randomized, partially double-blind, placebo-controlled …

CD Giannaki, GK Sakkas, C Karatzaferi… - BMC nephrology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Restless Legs Syndrome is very common in hemodialysis patients
however there are no comparative studies assessing the effectiveness of a non …

Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome: the current status

D Garcia-Borreguero, R Egatz, J Winkelmann… - Sleep medicine …, 2006 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies in restless legs syndrome (RLS) have often been limited by
misdiagnosis and by the fact that affected individuals, even when their symptoms are severe …

Interventions for improving sleep quality in people with chronic kidney disease

P Natale, M Ruospo, VM Saglimbene… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Sleep disorders are commonly experienced by people with chronic kidney
disease (CKD). Several approaches for improving sleep quality are used in clinical practice …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep disorders in end-stage renal disease:'Markers of inadequate dialysis?'

J Perl, ML Unruh, CT Chan - Kidney international, 2006 - Elsevier
Excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep disorders, including sleep apnea syndrome,
restless legs syndrome, and periodic limb movement disorder, occur with increased …

[HTML][HTML] Restless legs syndrome in chronic kidney disease-a systematic review

Y Safarpour, ND Vaziri, B Jabbari - Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: The objective of this review is to provide updated information on the
epidemiology, correlating factors and treatment of chronic kidney disease associated …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, impact, and treatment options of restless legs syndrome in end-stage renal disease patients: an evidence-based review

CD Giannaki, GM Hadjigeorgiou, C Karatzaferi… - Kidney international, 2014 - Elsevier
Restless legs syndrome (RLS)(or Willis–Ekbom disease) is a neurological disorder with high
prevalence among the end-stage renal disease population. This is one of the most …