Objectively confirmed prevalence of sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder in pre-school children

Childhood sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder (RMD) – sleep-related repetitive movements involving large muscle groups -can impair sleep quality, cause local injury and disturb household members. Previous parental reports indicate prevalence rates in children under 3 years of age between 5.5 and 67%. We studied the prevalence of RMD with objective home videosomnography.

Source: Sleep Medicine - September 24, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Emily Gogo, Rachel M. van Sluijs, Trevor Cheung, Chloe Gaskell, Liam Jones, Nisreen A. Alwan, Catherine M. Hill Tags: Original Article Source Type: research