A boy infant with sleep related rhythmic movement disorder showing arm banging

Kohyama, Jun; Takano, Tomoyuki

doi:10.1016/j.slsci.2014.09.014

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“…6,7,[10][11][12] Of these, 24 were assumed to be idiopathic, 7 associated with sleep apnea, 5 with REM sleep behavior disorder, and 3 with RLS or PLMS. Few cases were reported to improve with CPAP.…”

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Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Five Adult Patients

Chiaro¹,

Maestri²,

Riccardi³

et al. 2017

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

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Sleep-related rhythmic movements (SRRMs) are typical in infancy and childhood, where they usually occur at the wake-to-sleep transition. However, they have rarely been observed in adults, where they can be idiopathic or associated with other sleep disorders including sleep apnea. We report a case series of 5 adults with sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder, 4 of whom had a previous history of SRRMs in childhood. SRRMs mostly occurred in consolidated sleep, in association with pathological respiratory events, predominantly longer ones, especially during stage R sleep, and recovered in 1 patient with continuous positive airway pressure therapy. We hypothesize that sleep apneas may act as a trigger of rhythmic motor events through a respiratory-related arousal mechanism in genetically predisposed subjects. Keywords: body rocking, head rolling, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder Citation: Chiaro G, Maestri M, Riccardi S, HabaRubio J, Miano S, Bassetti CL, Heinzer RC, Manconi M. Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder and obstructive sleep apnea in five adult patients.

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