Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

References

Other Works Consulted

• American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2005). Periodic limb movement disorder section of Sleep related movement disorders. In The International Classification of Sleep Disorders, 2nd ed., pp. 182–186. Westchester, IL: American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

• Buysse DJ, et al. (2008). Sleep-related movement disorders: Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder section of Sleep disorders. In RE Hales et al., eds., American Psychiatric Textbook of Psychiatry, 5th ed., pp. 957–960. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.

• Esteves AM, et al. (2009). Effect of acute and chronic physical exercise on patients with periodic leg movements. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41(1): 237–242.

• Lesage S, Hening WA (2004). The restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: A review of management. Seminars in Neurology, 24(3): 249–259.

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