Authors and year of the study Population of the study Instruments used to determine sleep-related symptoms The most troublesome sleep-related symptoms % of RLS patients reporting sleep-related symptoms Montplaisir et…
Authors Year Country Sample size IRLSSG criteria + Face to face interview Prevalence (%) Ekbom [1] 1945 Sweden 486 11.3 Jolivet [3] 1953 France 100 27 Ekbom [4] 1960 Sweden…
Pathologic gambling Binge eating Compulsive shopping • Increased garage sale and auction visits Hypersexuality • Increase in sexual experimentation with partner • Excessive viewing of pornography Overdressing for simple errands…
Common mimics ∙ Positional discomfort ∙ Sore leg muscles ∙ Ligament sprain/tendon strain ∙ Positional ischemia (numbness) ∙ Dermatitis ∙ Bruises ∙ Growing pains Less common mimics ∙ Leg cramps…
Compound name EHealthMe Treato DrugCite MedsFacts Drug informer #SE #RLS %RLS #Posts #RLS %RLS #RLS/r-less %RLS #SE #RLS %RLS #Posts #RLS %RLS Diphenhydramine 24,543 73 0.3 269,440 2188 0.81 70…
© Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2017Mauro Manconi and Diego García-Borreguero (eds.)Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis Ekbom Disease10.1007/978-1-4939-6777-3_14 14. Management of Augmentation Diego García-Borreguero1 (1) Sleep Research Institute, Madrid, Paseo de la Habana, 151, 28036 Madrid, Spain Diego García-Borreguero…
Preamble Augmentation is a worsening of RLS symptom severity experienced by patients undergoing treatment for RLS. The RLS symptoms in general are more severe than those experienced at baseline A….
Author, year Design Duration Interventionb N. patients F:M Agea IRLSG scorea Disease durationa Outcome Results Allen 2014 RCT 52 weeks Pregabalin 300 mg versus pramipexole 0.25 mg versus pramipexole 0.50 mg 540, ITT…
Fig. 10.1 RLS in chronic renal failure and outcome Cardio- and Cerebrovascular Risk RLS from different studies seems to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, hypertension, diabetes, and…
Fig. 9.1 A cross-section of m tibialis anterior, immunohistochemically stained for capillaries (CD31), from an age-matched control (a) and from a RLS patient with a larger capillary network (b) The expression…
