Effects of new PLM scoring rules on PLM rate in relation to sleep and resting wake for RLS and healthy controls.

CONCLUSION: The results confirmed that that the 2016 compared to the 2006 criteria generally decreased the PLM rates with particularly large decreases for the conditions with more random non-PLM events, e.g. wake times and normal healthy controls. This supported the view that the new criteria succeeded in increasing the specificity of PLM detection. Moreover, the changes in PLM rates were generally small for the conditions with relatively few random LM, e.g. RLS and sleep. Thus the bulk of existing PLMS research does not require reconsideration of results, with possible exception of special situations with relatively more random leg movements than periodic leg movements, e.g. wake, healthy normals and children. PMID: 32583272 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Sleep and Breathing - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research