Restless legs syndrome status as a predictor for lower physical function

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1212-1218

  Zhang, Chunbai ^a,b   Li, Yanping ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^b   Ning, Yi ^c   Gao, Xiang ^a,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84902145051     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000284     Document Type: Article

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