Prevalence of Periodic Limb Movements during Sleep in Normal Children | Zendy

Carole L. Marcus | Zendy; Joel Traylor | Zendy; Paul R. Gallagher | Zendy; Lee J. Brooks | Zendy; Jingtao Huang | Zendy; Dorit Koren | Zendy; Lorraine E. Levitt Katz | Zendy; Thornton B.A. Mason | Zendy; Ignacio E. Tapia | Zendy

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Prevalence of Periodic Limb Movements during Sleep in Normal Children

Author(s) -

Carole L. Marcus,

Joel Traylor,

Paul R. Gallagher,

Lee J. Brooks,

Jingtao Huang,

Dorit Koren,

Lorraine E. Levitt Katz,

Thornton B.A. Mason,

Ignacio E. Tapia

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.3928

Subject(s) - medicine , polysomnography , polysomnogram , percentile , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep medicine , physical therapy , sleep disorder , apnea , insomnia , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics

Although the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) mandates that periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) be scored on every polysomnogram, and considers a periodic limb movement index (PLMI) > 5/h abnormal in children, there is a lack of community-derived data regarding the prevalence of PLMS in children, and no data to support this cutoff value. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of PLMS in a sample of normal children.

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