{"id":5736,"date":"2009-02-28T19:53:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/neurorls\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:11:55","slug":"neurorls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/neurorls\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnostic Criteria and Associated Features of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also called Willis-Ekbom Disease, causes unpleasant or uncomfortable sensations in the legs and an irresistible urge to move them.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Minimal Criteria <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A compelling urge to move the limbs, usually associated with paresthesias or dysesthesias<\/li>\n<li>Motor restlessness as seen in activities such as floor pacing, tossing and turning in bed and rubbing the legs<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms that are worse or present only during rest and are partially or temporarily relieved by activity<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms that are worse in the evening and at night<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong> Associated Features <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue<\/li>\n<li>Normal neurologic examination (in patients with primary RLS)<\/li>\n<li>Involuntary, repetitive, periodic, jerking limb movements, either in sleep or while awake and at rest<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Walters AS, for the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group. Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome. Mov Disord 1995;10(5):634-42 <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/8552117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on Restless Legs Syndrome. Restless legs syndrome: detection and management in primary care. Am Fam Physician. 2000 Jul 1;62(1):108-14. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10905782\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Mathis J. Update on restless legs. Swiss Med Wkly. 2005 Dec 10;135(47-48):687-96. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16511704\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Allen RP, Picchietti D, Hening WA, Trenkwalder C, Walters AS, Montplaisi J; Restless Legs Syndrome Diagnosis and Epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health; International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group. Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health. Sleep Med. 2003 Mar;4(2):101-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/14592341\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Section1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Section1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Section1\">Created: May 14, 2006<\/div>\n<div class=\"Section1\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2065,988,40,16,15,14,41,12,11,1300,10,9,6,5,4],"class_list":["post-5736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neurology","tag-asociados","tag-associated","tag-caracteristicas","tag-criteria","tag-criterios","tag-diagnostic","tag-features","tag-inquietas","tag-legs","tag-neurology","tag-piernas","tag-restless","tag-rls","tag-sindrome","tag-syndrome"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9103,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736\/revisions\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}