Open AccessPeriodic limb movements and insomnia, a common but under-recognized association
Author(s) -
Saravanan Varadharajulu,
Baskaran Chandrasekaran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.158196
Subject(s) - insomnia , polysomnography , chronic insomnia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , restless legs syndrome , sleep (system call) , association (psychology) , medicine , physical therapy , sleep medicine , lower limb , psychology , sleep disorder , psychiatry , electroencephalography , surgery , psychotherapist , computer science , operating system
Periodic limb movements unlike restless leg syndrome is under diagnosed and unrecognized in medical arena. While robust Western trials have elucidated the association between periodic limb movements and sleep disturbances, it is not well received and recognized in India even in well sophisticated tertiary care hospital. We report a chronic insomnia patient who had sleep disturbances for past 30 years due to periodic limb movements alone. This was diagnosed through polysomnography. This case emphasizes monitoring leg movements during sleep study. This report may open new horizons in improving monitoring in sleep study in clinical setting.