Behavioral SleepMedicine Interventionsfor Restless LegsSyndrome and PeriodicLimb Movement

en standard treatment recommendations for these disorders are pharmacologic, although behavioral interventions for these conditions are increasingly recognized, albeit underused. RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME AND ITS Although the first descriptions of RLS were re-movement disorders of sleep because of its close association with PLMD and periodic leg move-ments of wake. RLS has four features,5 which include (1) a strong, ‘‘nearly irresistible’ ’ urge to move the legs; (2) sensations that are worsened with inactivity; (3) sensations that are improved or relieved with movement; and (4) symptoms that are exacerbated at night. ractice, not all of these features are necessary to make a diagnosis of RLS; there is in how frequently symptoms younger than 12 years of r Mind-Body Research (NIH nofi-Aventis. pinions of the NIH or the VA