Rationale and Comments

Restless legs syndrome is a neurologic disorder that can be diagnosed based on a patient’s description of symptoms and additional clinical history. Polysomnography generally does not provide additional information necessary to make the diagnosis. If a patient’s clinical history for RLS is ambiguous, PSG to assess for periodic leg movements may be useful to help confirm an RLS diagnosis.

Sponsoring Organizations

• American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Sources

• Expert consensus

Disciplines

• Neurologic

References

• Kushida CA, Littner MR, Morgenthaler T, Alessi CA, Bailey D, Coleman J Jr, Friedman L, Hirshkowitz M, Kapen S, Kramer M, Lee-Chiong T, Loube DL, Owens J, Pancer JP, Wise M. Practice parameters for the indications for polysomnography and related procedures: an update for 2005. Sleep. 2005;28(4):499-521.
  
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine. International classification of sleep disorders, 3rd ed. Darien, Ill.: American Academy of Sleep Medicine; 2014.