High false-positive rate of questionnaire-based restless legs syndrome diagnosis in multiple sclerosis

• Questionnaire-based diagnosis of RLS in multiple sclerosis has a high false positive rate.• The high false positive rate is mostly due to multiple sclerosis-related sensorimotor symptoms.• The PLMI during wakefulness may provide useful diagnostic information.

Source: Sleep Medicine - March 6, 2015 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: V. Mery, R.J. Kimoff, I. Suarez, A. Benedetti, M. Kaminska, A. Robinson, Y. Lapierre, A. Bar-Or, D.A. Trojan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research