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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Diagnostic Criteria
NIH Criteria
In 2003, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus panel modified their criteria to include the following:
- An urge to move the limbs with or without sensations
- Worsening at rest
- Improvement with activity
- Worsening in the evening or night[1]
References
- ↑ Allen R, Picchietti D, Hening W, Trenkwalder C, Walters A, Montplaisi J (2003). "Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health". Sleep Med. 4 (2): 101–19. PMID 14592341.