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Actometry in measuring the symptom severity of restless legs syndrome
Author(s) -
Tuisku K.,
Holi M. M.,
Wahlbeck K.,
Ahlgren A. J.,
Lauerma H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00960.x
Subject(s) - restless legs syndrome , medicine , pramipexole , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , lower limb , surgery , insomnia , psychiatry , parkinson's disease , disease
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.