Biomaterial Database

Periodic Leg Movements During Sleep. 2021

Stephany Fulda

Sleep Medicine Unit, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Via Tesserete 46, Lugano 6900, Switzerland. Electronic address: stephany.fulda@gmail.com.

Periodic leg movements during sleep (PLMS) are a frequent finding in nocturnal sleep registrations that include tibialis anterior electromyographic signals. Different PLMS scoring rules exist and can have a major impact on PLMS frequency, which tends to be underappreciated. There is no consistent evidence that frequent PLMS are a causal risk factor for clinically significant outcomes. Several critical open questions are identified that need to be addressed, including but not limited to the consideration of the full range of all sleep-related leg movement activity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D017286	Polysomnography	Simultaneous and continuous monitoring of several parameters during sleep to study normal and abnormal sleep. The study includes monitoring of brain waves, to assess sleep stages, and other physiological variables such as breathing, eye movements, and blood oxygen levels which exhibit a disrupted pattern with sleep disturbances.	Monitoring, Sleep,Somnography,Polysomnographies,Sleep Monitoring,Somnographies
D020189	Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome	Excessive periodic leg movements during sleep that cause micro-arousals and interfere with the maintenance of sleep. This condition induces a state of relative sleep deprivation which manifests as excessive daytime hypersomnolence. The movements are characterized by repetitive contractions of the tibialis anterior muscle, extension of the toe, and intermittent flexion of the hip, knee and ankle. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p387)	Periodic Limb Movement Disorder,Periodic Movement Disorder, Sleep,Sleep Disorder, Periodic Movements,Sleep Myoclonus Syndrome,Excessive Periodic Sleep-Related Leg Movements,Periodic Leg Movements, Excessive, Sleep-Related,Sleep-Related Periodic Leg Movements, Excessive,Excessive Periodic Sleep Related Leg Movements,Myoclonus Syndrome, Nocturnal,Myoclonus Syndrome, Sleep,Myoclonus Syndromes, Sleep,Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndromes,Sleep Myoclonus Syndromes,Sleep Related Periodic Leg Movements, Excessive,Syndrome, Nocturnal Myoclonus,Syndrome, Sleep Myoclonus,Syndromes, Sleep Myoclonus