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ReviewJournal of neurology2025

Restless legs syndrome in Parkinson's disease: epidemiology, pathogenetic overlaps, and clinical management.

Zhixin Wang, Shurui Zhang, Jingwen Li, Hanshu Liu, Xinyu Hu, Qinwei Yu, Guiying Kuang, Long Liu, Huaqing Zhang, Danfang Yu and 1 more

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zhixin Wang *Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Shurui Zhang *Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Jingwen LiDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Hanshu LiuDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Xinyu HuDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Qinwei YuDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Guiying KuangDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Long LiuDepartment of Neurology, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, 392 Hongkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Huaqing ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Danfang YuDepartment of Neurology, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, 392 Hongkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Nian XiongDepartment of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. nianxiong@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1371-0522

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271278National Science and Technology Major Project 2024ZD0529200Outstanding Youth Project of Natural Science Foundation of Hubei province and 2023 Science and Technology Development Project Approved by Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine 2023020601012303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are both classified as neurological movement disorders, and they may be interconnected due to abnormalities in the dopaminergic system. The incidence of RLS in PD patients is higher than that in the general population. And PD patients with RLS exhibit a higher age of onset, more severe depression, worse nutritional status, lower quality of life, and a relatively lower frequency and severity of RLS symptom. The current research has unveiled several potential mechanisms underlying RLS in PD patients, such as iron deficiency, reduced function of the dopamine system in the A11 region, and decreased connectivity of related pathways and so on. By systematically summarizing the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of PD with RLS, this paper not only provides ideas for the precise diagnosis and treatment of PD with RLS, but also lays a theoretical foundation for clarifying the intricate relationship between PD and RLS.

Indexed as

Disease ManagementParkinson DiseaseRestless Legs SyndromeHumansComorbidityDopamineParkinson's disease (PD)Restless legs syndrome (RLS)

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PMID40789783
PMCPMC12339602

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