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The influence of sex, age and sleep/wake state on characteristics of periodic leg movements in restless legs syndrome patients.
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) patients experience periodic stereotyped leg movements while awake and during sleep. The aim of the present study was to measure the effects of sex, age and the sleep/wake state on several characteristics (frequency, duration and periodicity) of these periodic leg movements (PLM). One hundred unrelated patients diagnosed with primary RLS were studied. During wakefulness, frequency of PLM increased and the mean inter-movement interval decreased with advancing age. The modal value of inter-movement interval distribution was also altered suggesting that aging influences rhythm-generation mechanisms. Sleep/wake states had a profound effect on leg movement characteristics. Movements of longer duration were seen during wakefulness, while REM sleep was characterized by the shorter duration and the lowest frequency of PLM, due most likely to the inhibition of spinal motoneurons that prevails in REM sleep. States of vigilance also modulated the periodicity of PLM. Intervals were shorter during wakefulness and increased progressively from stage 1 to stage 2 sleep, and to slow wave sleep (SWS). During REM, the duration of sleep intervals returned to values obtained in stage 1 sleep; these two stages sharing similar patterns of EEG activity. These results indicate that a single state dependent mechanism may be responsible for the periodicity of PLM noted both during sleep and wakefulness.
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