Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tuisku, K.
• Holi, M. M.
• Wahlbeck, K.
• Ahlgren, A. J.
• Lauerma, H.

Titel

Actometry in measuring the symptom severity of restless legs syndrome

Ist Teil von

• European journal of neurology, 2005-05, Vol.12 (5), p.385-387

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In a previous, controlled study we demonstrated that the general lower limb activity measured by three‐channel actometry is a promising objective measure of restless legs syndrome (RLS) severity. In the present study we have further evaluated the method in measuring RLS symptom severity in an open, single‐day pramipexole intervention with 15 RLS patients. Both our standardized actometric parameters (nocturnal lower limb activity and controlled rest activity) decreased significantly during the intervention in parallel with the subjectively reported relief of RLS symptoms.