Investigation into the correlation between sensation and leg movement in restless legs syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1097-1103

  Birinyi, Paul V ^a   Allen, Richard P ^b,c   Lesage, Susan ^b   Dean, Terry ^a   Earley, Christopher J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leg sensations; Periodic leg movements; Rest induced sensations; Restless legs sydrome; Restless legs sydrome diagnosis; Suggested immobilization test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REST; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; REST; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 27744596481     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20498     Document Type: Article

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