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From the Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux et de Pathologie du Sommeil (Dr. Sforza), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, France; the Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Neurologiques (Dr. Nicolas), Unité de Sommeil, Centre Hospitalier de Lyon, France; the Faculté de Médecine Dentaire (Dr. Lavigne), Université de Montréal; and the Centre d’Etude du Sommeil (A. Gosselin, and Drs. Petit and Montplaisir), Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Jacques Montplaisir, Centre d’Etude du Sommeil, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, 5400 Boulevard Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H4J 1C5; e-mail: J-Montplaisir{at}crhsc.umontreal.ca
OBJECTIVE: To investigate other physiologic changes that occur with periodic leg movements during sleep (PLMS) that might be considered to be more sensitive indices of sleep fragmentation.
BACKGROUND: Although PLMS are associated with recurrent microarousals (MA), the frequency of PLMS with MA does not correlate with objective daytime sleepiness. It is postulated that the lack of correlation results from the low sensitivity of the standard criteria used to score MA.
METHODS: Ten drug-free patients with a polygraphic and clinical diagnosis of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and PLMS were examined. The EEG correlates of PLMS were analyzed by visual scoring and spectral analysis during PLMS that ended in a visible microarousal (PLMS with MA) or not (PLMS without MA). The R-R interval in the EKG signal was also examined.
RESULTS: A total of 34% of PLMS were associated with MA lasting >3 seconds, and 3% of PLMS were associated with MA lasting <3 seconds. Although PLMS with MA were associated with an increase in alpha activity, for PLMS without MA a significant increase in delta and theta activity was present. Both types of PLMS induced a shortening of the R-R interval; this was particularly more marked for PLMS with MA.
CONCLUSIONS: First, visual scoring of MA that include a duration of less than 3 seconds has little effect on the detection of PLMS with MA. Second, EEG activation and tachycardia are present during both types of PLMS. Third, a hierarchy in the arousal response is present—going from autonomic activation to bursts of delta activity to alpha activity to a full awakening.
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