Prevalence and associations of respiratory-related leg movements: the MrOS sleep study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Obstructive respiratory events often terminate with an associated respiratory-related leg movement (RRLM). Such leg movements are not scored as periodic leg movements (periodic limb movements during sleep, PLMS), although the criteria for distinguishing RRLM from PLMS differ between the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM)/ International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) scoring manuals. Such LMs may be clinically significant in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The prevalence and correlation of RRLM in men with OSA were examined.

Methods

A case-control sample of 575 men was selected from all men with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI, ≥3% desaturation criteria) ≥ 10 and good data from piezoel

SUBMITTER: Aritake S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4665997 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature