periodic limb movements
Remission of severe restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep after bilateral excision of multiple foot neuromas: a case report
... have periodic limb movements in sleep. Frequent periodic limb movements in sleep and related brain arousals as documented by polysomnography are associated with poorer quality of ...
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Increased nocturnal periodic limb movements in rheumatoid arthritis patients meeting questionnaire diagnostic criteria for restless legs syndrome
... Background: Based on questionnaire criteria, the sensorimotor disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS) has been reported to have a higher prevalence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients than in the general population. ...
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Periodic limb movements during REM sleep in multiple sclerosis: a previously undescribed entity
... analyzed periodic limb movements (PLMs) during REM sleep by classifying patients into two subgroups: PLM during REM sleep greater than or equal to ten per hour of REM sleep (n=7) vs less than ten per ...
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The level of observed physical movement accompanying periodic limb movements measured in a clinical sleep population
... of movements may further define different ...minor movements (Level I and some with Level II) may have clinical characteristics similar to those with no visual movements, those with greater ...
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Periodic limb movements of sleep: empirical and theoretical evidence supporting objective at-home monitoring
... censoring limb move- ments associated with scored respiratory ...and limb movement arousal index (LMAI) were nonnormally distributed and thus ana- lyzed by nonparametric ...
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Gallwitz, Torsten (2007): Restless-Legs-Syndrom als Nebenwirkung bei "modernen" Antidepressiva. Dissertation, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... fanden eine Zunahme von periodic limb movements (die dem RLS sehr nahe stehen) unter Behandlung mit serotonergen Antidepressiva. Für den in der Praxis tätigen Arzt ist die Situation m[r] ...
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Sleep and Periodic Limb Movement in Sleep in Juvenile Fibromyalgia
... ABSTRACT. Objectives. Fibromyalgia has been re- cently recognized in children and adolescents as juvenile fibromyalgia (JF). In adult fibromyalgia, subjective com- plaints of nonrestorative sleep and fatigue are ...
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Quality of Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Patients with Parkinsonism: A Polysomnography Based Study from Rural South India.
... of obstructive apneas + total number of hypopneas)/total sleep time (h). Sleep‑disordered breathing is classified into mild if 5–15 events, moderate if 15.1–30 events and severe if more than 30 events. Based on oxygen ...
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Clinical Characteristics and Pathophysiological Features of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS): Recent Advances and Future Challenges
... Keywords: Periodic limb movements; restless legs syndrome; sleep; dopamine; levodopa; pramipexole; dopamine agonists... INTRODUCTION.[r] ...
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Cardiovascular comorbidity in patients with restless legs syndrome: current perspectives
... “periodic limb movements,” “periodic limb movements in sleep’ cross-referenced with “cardiovascu- lar disease,” “heart disease,” “coronary artery disease,” “coronary heart ...
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Contralateral coordination and retargeting of limb movements during scratching in the locust
... underlie limb targeting is the scratching ...scratching movements of their hindlegs that are accurately directed towards the site of stimulation (Meyer, 1993; Berkowitz and Laurent, 1996a,b; Matheson, ...
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Prediction of muscle activity during loaded movements of the upper limb
... upper limb neuroprosthetic to greatly expand motor function in individuals paralyzed as a consequence of spinal cord injury or ...upper-limb movements based primarily on hand trajectory ...desired ...
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The biomechanical and neural control of hydrostatic limb movements in Manduca sexta
... Proleg movements were tracked in three dimensions using a custom-built 3-D motion capture ...The movements of these points were recorded under ultraviolet illumination (Model B, 100·W, long wavelength; ...
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A novel adhesive biosensor system for detecting respiration, cardiac, and limb movement signals during sleep: validation with polysomnography
... This study demonstrates that a simple adhesive wear- able sensor system can detect and store muscle contraction activity with fidelity sufficiently high to support algorithm development relevant for detection and ...
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The Influence of Limb and Target Vision in Target-Directed and Allocentric Pointing Movements
... Figure 1. Stimuli used in target-directed and allocentric tasks. The black and white circles represent target and reference circles, respectively. The arrow represents a hypothetical movement vector to the near target ...
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Kinematic and kinetic assessment of upper limb movements in patients with writer's cramp
... Using a set of force and joint angle sensors, this research demonstrates that patients with writer ’ s cramp have unique kinematic profiles with interdependency between cramping and compensatory movements. These ...
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The movements of limb segments and joints during locomotion in African and Asian elephants
... A brief mention of the patterns of the segment/joint abduction and adduction we observed during locomotion in elephants is warranted here as, despite their size and graviportal, fairly upright limb structure, they ...
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Properties of Mechatronic System for Hand Rehabilitation
... upper limb. The contracted muscles prevent the full range of movements and also cause ...upper limb are, for example, an excessively clenched fist or a strong, unnatural flexion of the wrist or ...
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<p>Different diagnostic criteria for periodic leg movements in patients with obstructive sleep apnea after continuous positive airway pressure titration</p>
... (PSG). Periodic leg movement (PLM) consists of ≥ 4 consecutive events of ...1 Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is characterized by the presence of PLMS accompanied by ...
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Ropinirole in restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder
... leg movements in RLS. Sites that are activated prior to involuntary movements include the cerebellum, thalamus, inferior olive and red ...involuntary movements, suggesting that only deeply located ...
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