Ricerc@Sapienza

A group of children with "restless sleep" who do not fit the criteria for any other sleep disorder but with daytime impairment are studied to identify restless sleep disorder (RSD) clinically and polysomnographically and to differentiate it from other sleep disorders of childhood.

Children with "restless sleep disorder" (RSD) were previously identified clinically and polysomnographically. In this study we attempt to characterize their sleep-related movements and describe them in terms of type of movement, duration and timing.