Emergence of restless legs syndrome during subthalamic stimulation for Parkinson disease.
case_series · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 15623715.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
The authors systematically studied the emergence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) after subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson disease (PD). Postoperatively, 11 of 195 patients with STN DBS reported new problematic symptoms of RLS. The mean reduction in antiparkinsonian medication was 74%. The mean RLS score at diagnosis was 15 (+/-5.9) of a possible 24 points and after symptomatic drug therapy 4.3 (+/-3.1) points. Reduction of antiparkinsonian medication during STN DBS may unmask symptoms of RLS and complicate therapy of both RLS and PD.
Medical subject headings
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Parkinson Disease
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Subthalamic Nucleus