Preliminary Agenda EURLSSG-Meeting

Friday 9th December 2016, 9:00 - 18:00 h 

 

New findings in human RLS

Chairpersons:
Claudia Trenkwalder, Kassel, Germany
Federica Provini, Bologna, Italy

 

Polysomnographic findings in RLS patients with severe augmentation [no abstract - unpublished data]
Lucia Muntean, Kassel, Germany

Limbs are the leaders of the pack, but there's more than that...A review of atypical cases of Restless Legs Syndrome [no abstract - unpublished data]
Federica Provini, Bologna, Italy

Impulse Control Disorders in RLS [no abstract - unpublished data]
Atbin Djamshidian, Innsbruck, Austria

RLS in hypoxia: status quo of the bilateral study [no abstract - unpublished data]
Ambra Stefani, Innsbruck, Austria

Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome in iron-deficient non-anemic patients – a randomized, placebo-controlled trial using a single dose of IV ferric carboxymaltose
Claudia Trenkwalder, Kassel, Germany

Brain Iron, iron treatment and PLMS [abstract]
Richard Allen, Baltimore, USA

 

RLS and Comorbid Conditions

Chairpersons:
Roselyne Rjisman, The Hague, The Netherlands
Georgios Hadjigeorgiou, Larissa, Greece

The relationship between quality of life, fatigue, functional capacity and restless legs syndrome in Multiple Sclerosis patients [no abstract - unpublished data]
Christoforos Giannaki, Nicosia, Cyprus

Restless legs syndrome in migraine patients: prevalence and severity [abstract]
van Oosterhout WP, Leiden, The Netherlands
 
Restless legs syndrome and cardiovascular diseases: a case-control study [no abstract - unpublished data]
Yves Dauvilliers, Montpellier, France

Restless legs syndrome associated with functional movement disorders [abstract]
Slovak Matej, Prague, Czech Rep.

A case study on the RLS symptoms in Georgian pregnant woman [no abstract - unpublished data]
Lia Maisuradze, Tbilisi, Georgia

RLS in the Greek Elderly Community [no abstract - unpublished data]
Giorgos Sakkas, Plymouth, UK

 

 

RLS basic research and models

Chairpersons:
Juliane Winkelmann, Munich, Germany
Rosalia Silvestri, Gazzi, Messina, Italy

 

Role of the Dopamine D1 receptor in Augmentation: the plot thickens [no abstract - unpublished data]
Clemens Stefan, Greenville, USA

The role of peripheral and spinal circuits in periodic legs movements/RLS [no abstract - unpublished data]
Dirk Czesnik, Göttingen, Germany

Behavioral phenotyping of Meis1 knock-out mice [no abstract - unpublished data]
Aaro Salminen, Munich, Germany

 

 

Periodic leg movement of sleep: News

Chairpersons:
Klaus Berger, Muenster, Germany
Raffaele Ferri, Troina, Italy

Sequence Structure of Leg Movements during Sleep in Restless Legs Syndrome and Normal Controls [abstract]
Raffaele Ferri, Troina, Italy

Respiratory event related leg movements [no abstract - unpublished data]
Stephany Fulda, Lugano, Switzerland

Prevalence, Time Course and Associated Factors of Periodic Limb Movements during sleep in Stroke [no abstract - unpublished data]
Mauro Manconi, Lugano, Switzerland

Periodic limb movement in sleep mimicking idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder [abstract]
Alex Iranzo, Barcelona, Spain

Contactless measurements of periodic limb movements using the Microsoft Kinect depth sensor and computing assisted motor assessment compared to polysomnography - a pilot study [no abstract - unpublished data]
Christian Veauthier, Berlin, Germany

 

Joint Projects of the EURLSSG

Chairpersons:
Birgit Högl, Innsbruck, Austria
Mauro Manconi, Lugano, Switzerland

 

New WASM PLMS scoring criteria endorsed by the IRLSSG and EURLSSG
Ferri Raffaele, Troina, Italy

Considerations of new guidelines for iron or iv iron treatment of RLS
Richard Allen, Baltimore, USA

RLS - value therapy /Cost of non therapy  -a project of EARLS, EURLSSG and the European Brain Council
Joke Jaarsma, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

 

 
Preliminary Agenda EURLSSG-Meeting

Saturday 10th December 2016, 9:00 - 13:00 h

 

RLS in Parkinson Disease

Chairperson:
Federica Provini, Bologna, Italy

Why looking for RLS in PD and in atypical parkinsonism? The pathyphysiological relatinship between RLS and PD
Federica Provini, Bologna, Italy

Is RLS prevalence increased in PD patients (de novo versus treated)?
Markku Partinen, Espoo, Finland

Clinical profile of RLS in PD patients
Roselyne Rijsman, The Hague, The Netherlands

Restlessness but not RLS in early PD patients
Michaela Gjerstad, Stavanger, Norway

Clinical pictures in DBS patients
Friederike Sixel-Döring, Kassel, Germany

Leg movement activity during sleep in PD
Raffaele Ferri, Troina, Italy

Genetic risk of PD and RLS: similarities and differences
David Kemlink, Prague, Czech. Rep.

Therapeutic aspects
Birgit Högl, Innsbruck, Austria

Augmentation in PD patients: where do we stand?
Maria-Lucia Muntean, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Wrap-up and future studies needed
Klaus Berger, Muenster, Germany