Non-pharmacological management of periodic limb movements during hemodialysis session in patients with uremic restless legs syndrome

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 538-542

  Giannaki, Christoforos D ^a,b   Sakkas, Giorgos K ^a,b   Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M ^b,c   Karatzaferi, Christina ^a,b   Patramani, Gianna ^c   Lavdas, Eleftherios ^a   Liakopoulos, Vassilios ^d   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b   Stefanidis, Ioannis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Center for Research and Technology Thessaly   (United States)

^c University of Thessaly School of Medicine   (United States)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; LIMB MOVEMENTS; REST PERIODS;

DIALYSIS;

HEMODIALYZERS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIMB; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP; UREMIA;

EXERCISE THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP; UREMIA;

EID: 78349301218     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181f1cc04     Document Type: Article

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