Science news articles about 'periodic limb movements'

... first to objectively determine the prevalence of periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) in a population ... frequent movements occur in one or both legs during sleep and often result in brief arousals ...

... in women than in men. Eighty percent to 90 percent of people with RLS also experience periodic limb movements (PLMs) during sleep, which are involuntary jerking or twitching movements of the feet or ...

... , while 23 percent (13) had OSA, 7 percent (4) had periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS), 5 percent (3) had narcolepsy without cataplexy and 3 percent (2) had post-traumatic ...