Pelvic movements as rhythmic motor manifestation associated with restless legs syndrome.
Video-polysomnographic monitoring of a patient with a 4-year history of an unpleasant restless sensation originating in his lower abdomen showed stereotyped, repetitive, rhythmic pelvic body movements resembling coital behaviour at the wake-sleep transition. We discuss the association between restless legs syndrome and rhythmic movement disorder as a particular manifestation of a spectrum of rhythmic sleep-related movement disorders.
Lombardi
Carolina
C
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. provini@neuro.unibo.it
Provini
Federica
F
Vetrugno
Roberto
R
Plazzi
Giuseppe
G
Lugaresi
Elio
E
Montagna
Pasquale
P
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D017286:Polysomnography; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D019956:Stereotypic Movement Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014741:Video Recording; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology