Restless legs syndrome: abbreviated guidelines by the German sleep society and the German neurological society
Claudia Trenkwalder, Ambra Stefani, Cornelius G. Bachmann, Christian Maihöfner, Johannes Mathis, Lucia Muntean, Julian Mollin, Jasmin Paulus, Anna Heidbreder
Abstract
This article is an abbreviated and translated version of the guidelines on restless legs syndrome (RLS) [ 1 ] prepared for and approved by the German Society for Neurology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie, DGN) and the German Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin, DGSM), covering both diagnostic and therapeutic options. A complete version of these guidelines (in German) can be found on the DGN website ( www.dgn.org ) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft wissenschaftlicher Medizinischer Gesellschaften (AWMF, https://register.awmf.org/de/leitlinien/detail/030-081 , registry No. 030/081, first published May 2002; last update: January 30th, 2024; valid until: June 24th, 2027; last access: September 25th, 2024. The level of these guidelines is S2K.