ArticleSleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Impact of Covid-19 on the restless legs syndrome.
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- Ocular and Neurological Sequelae in Long COVID: Dry Eye, Asthenopia, Sleep Disorders, Asthenia, and Restless Legs Syndrome-A Case Report with Literature Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Mask Mandates and Political Party Affiliation on Mental Health Internet Search Behavior in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Generalized Additive Mixed Model Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Restless legs syndrome is associated with long-COVID in women.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- Circadian disturbances, sleep difficulties and the COVID-19 pandemic.Sleep medicine · 2022Review
- Sleep disorders and COVID-19.Sleep medicine · 2022Article
- Restless legs syndrome severity in the National RLS Opioid Registry during the COVID-19 pandemic.Sleep medicine · 2022Observational
- Morbidities Worsening Index to Sleep in the Older Adults During COVID-19: Potential Moderators.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Pre-sleep arousal and sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.Sleep medicine · 2021Article
- Sleep in Older Adults and Its Possible Relations With COVID-19.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- New-onset restless leg syndrome in a COVID-19 patient: a case report with literature review.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Review
- SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with increased odds of insomnia, RLS and dream enactment behavior.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is strongly impacting global health and mental health, and has caused routine changes in much of the world. All of these changes can have physical and mental consequences for the population. Metabolic changes, mood disorders and their pharmacotherapy, such as the use of antidepressants can increase the chances of developing sleep disorders, such as Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). As a way to avoid immunosuppression and the greater risk of contamination of COVID-19, it is recommended to perform exercise in light or moderate intensity. This is the first paper to reflect a possible impact of social distancing on RLS, and how it can affect the incidence of mood disorders and metabolic changes in this syndrome, as well as the quality of life of the population. We suggest that regular exercise at light or moderate intensity during home confinement may be effective strategies to minimize the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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