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===NIH Criteria===
===NIH Criteria===
In 2003, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus panel modified their criteria to include the following:  
In 2003, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus panel modified their criteria to include the following:  
* (1) An urge to move the limbs with or without sensations
# An urge to move the limbs with or without sensations
* (2) Worsening at rest
# Worsening at rest
* (3) Improvement with activity
# Improvement with activity
* (4) Worsening in the evening or night.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Allen R, Picchietti D, Hening W, Trenkwalder C, Walters A, Montplaisi J | title = Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health. | journal = Sleep Med | volume = 4 | issue = 2 | pages = 101-19 | year = 2003 | id = PMID 14592341}}</ref>
# Worsening in the evening or night<ref>{{cite journal | author = Allen R, Picchietti D, Hening W, Trenkwalder C, Walters A, Montplaisi J | title = Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health. | journal = Sleep Med | volume = 4 | issue = 2 | pages = 101-19 | year = 2003 | id = PMID 14592341}}</ref>


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Diagnostic Criteria

NIH Criteria

In 2003, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus panel modified their criteria to include the following:

  1. An urge to move the limbs with or without sensations
  2. Worsening at rest
  3. Improvement with activity
  4. Worsening in the evening or night[1]

References

  1. Allen R, Picchietti D, Hening W, Trenkwalder C, Walters A, Montplaisi J (2003). "Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health". Sleep Med. 4 (2): 101–19. PMID 14592341.

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