Periodic limb movement in a community population detected by a new actigraphy technique

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 489-495

  Morrish, Emma ^a   King, Martin A ^a   Pilsworth, Samantha N ^a   Shneerson, John M ^a   Smith, Ian E ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Community adults; Periodic limb movement; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036862942     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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