ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2017
Accompanying migrainous features in pediatric migraine patients with restless legs syndrome.
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- The Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Migraine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pain research & management · 2020Pooled it
- Prevalence of restless legs syndrome in individuals with migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018Pooled it
- Restless legs syndrome and sleep quality in children with migraine and tension-type headache.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Comorbidities of Rural Children and Adolescents with Migraine and without Migraine.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Headache in Children and Adolescents.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2021Review
- The Comorbidity of Migraine and Restless Legs Syndrome.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2019Review
- The relationship with restless legs syndrome, fibromyalgia, and depressive symptoms in migraine patients.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018Article
- News on the journal Neurological Sciences in 2017.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018Article
- Restless legs syndrome and growing pains in childhood: understanding the link.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the frequency of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in pediatric patients with migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) and to investigate accompanying migrainous symptoms, sleep characteristics, as well as levels of serum ferritin between the pediatric migraine patients with RLS and those without RLS. We included 65 consecutive patients diagnosed with migraine, 20 patients with TTH, and 97 headache-free children in our study. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were noted. The presence of a primary headache was diagnosed using the ICHD-II criteria, and RLS was determined with face-to-face interviews conducted by an experienced neurologist based on the revised International RLS Study Group criteria for pediatrics. The frequency of RLS in pediatric migraine and TTH patients was significantly higher than in the controls (p = 0.0001 and p = 0.025, respectively). The frequencies of allodynia, vertigo/dizziness, and self-reported frequent arousals were significantly higher, and serum ferritin levels were significantly lower in migraine patients with RLS compared to those without RLS (p = 0.05, p = 0.028, p = 0.02, and p = 0.038, respectively). Our study suggests that the frequency of RLS is higher in pediatric migraine and TTH patients compared to controls. Therefore, pediatric headache patients should be questioned about the presence of RLS, as this co-occurrence may lead to more frequent accompanying migrainous symptoms and sleep disturbances.
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