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Accelerometer-measured physical activity and its impact on sleep quality in patients suffering from restless legs syndrome

BACKGROUND: The primary symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are sleep onset insomnia and difficulty to maintain sleep. Previous studies have shown that regular physical activity can reduce the risk of developing RLS. However, the relationship between physical activity and sleep quality paramete...

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Autores principales: Reimers, A. K., Heidenreich, V., Bittermann, H-J, Knapp, G., Reimers, C. D.
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33632158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02115-w
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author Reimers, A. K.
Heidenreich, V.
Bittermann, H-J
Knapp, G.
Reimers, C. D.
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description BACKGROUND: The primary symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are sleep onset insomnia and difficulty to maintain sleep. Previous studies have shown that regular physical activity can reduce the risk of developing RLS. However, the relationship between physical activity and sleep quality parameters in individuals suffering from RLS has not yet been investigated by applying accelerometry. Thus, the present study investigates the impact of physical activity (measuring both intensity levels and duration of physical activity) during the day (7–12 h, 12–18 h, 18–23 h) on sleep quality in patients suffering from idiopathic RLS by applying a real-time approach. METHODS: In a sample of 47 participants suffering from idiopathic RLS, physical activity and sleep quality were measured over one week using accelerometers. For data analysis, physical activity levels and step counts during three periods of the day (morning, afternoon, evening) were correlated with sleep quality parameters of the subsequent night. RESULTS: This observational study revealed that in most instances physical activity was not correlated with sleep parameters (two exceptions exist: steps taken in the morning were negatively correlated with periodic leg movements during sleep, and physical activity in the evening was negatively correlated with total sleep time). The physical activity levels of the participants in this study, however, were unexpectedly high compared to population-level data and variance in physical activity was low. The average activity was 13,817 (SD = 4086) steps and 347 (SD = 117) minutes of moderate physical activity per day in females, and 10,636 (SD = 3748) steps and 269 (SD = 69) minutes of moderate physical activity in males, respectively. Participants did not engage in any vigorous physical activity. CONCLUSIONS: Further interventional studies are needed to investigate the daily effects of different intensities of physical activity on RLS symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-79087272021-02-26 Accelerometer-measured physical activity and its impact on sleep quality in patients suffering from restless legs syndrome Reimers, A. K. Heidenreich, V. Bittermann, H-J Knapp, G. Reimers, C. D. BMC Neurol Research Article BACKGROUND: The primary symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are sleep onset insomnia and difficulty to maintain sleep. Previous studies have shown that regular physical activity can reduce the risk of developing RLS. However, the relationship between physical activity and sleep quality parameters in individuals suffering from RLS has not yet been investigated by applying accelerometry. Thus, the present study investigates the impact of physical activity (measuring both intensity levels and duration of physical activity) during the day (7–12 h, 12–18 h, 18–23 h) on sleep quality in patients suffering from idiopathic RLS by applying a real-time approach. METHODS: In a sample of 47 participants suffering from idiopathic RLS, physical activity and sleep quality were measured over one week using accelerometers. For data analysis, physical activity levels and step counts during three periods of the day (morning, afternoon, evening) were correlated with sleep quality parameters of the subsequent night. RESULTS: This observational study revealed that in most instances physical activity was not correlated with sleep parameters (two exceptions exist: steps taken in the morning were negatively correlated with periodic leg movements during sleep, and physical activity in the evening was negatively correlated with total sleep time). The physical activity levels of the participants in this study, however, were unexpectedly high compared to population-level data and variance in physical activity was low. The average activity was 13,817 (SD = 4086) steps and 347 (SD = 117) minutes of moderate physical activity per day in females, and 10,636 (SD = 3748) steps and 269 (SD = 69) minutes of moderate physical activity in males, respectively. Participants did not engage in any vigorous physical activity. CONCLUSIONS: Further interventional studies are needed to investigate the daily effects of different intensities of physical activity on RLS symptoms. BioMed Central 2021-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7908727/ /pubmed/33632158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02115-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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title Accelerometer-measured physical activity and its impact on sleep quality in patients suffering from restless legs syndrome
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title_short Accelerometer-measured physical activity and its impact on sleep quality in patients suffering from restless legs syndrome
title_sort accelerometer-measured physical activity and its impact on sleep quality in patients suffering from restless legs syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33632158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02115-w
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