Agenda EURLSSG-Meeting

Friday 13th December 2024, 9:00 - 17:30 h 

 

Welcome:

Literature Overview - Impact of RLS
Wolfgang Oertel, President, Germany

 

Epidemiology


Chairperson:
Claudia Trenkwalder, Germany
 

How to assess RLS in large population studies - Expert examination versus classification from questionnaires
Klaus Berger, Germany


 

Genetics

Chairperson:
Juliane Winkelmann, Germany


Update on the genetics of RLS
Barbara Schormair, Germany


 

RLS and comorbidity


Chairpersons:
Samson Khachatryan, Armenia

Giorgos Sakkas, Greece

 

RLS and other sleep disorders among young people of Georgia
Ketevan Mamasakhlisi, Georgia

Restless legs syndrome in traumatic injury
Cristian Falup-Pecurariu, Romania

Prevalance of RLS in patients with multiple sclerosis
Laura L. Triguero, Spain

RLS in stroke - case control study
Iulia Murasan, Romania

RLS as a surrogate of generalized dysautonomia
Olli Polo, Finland

Effect of Restless Leges Syndrome medication on depression - prevalance in patients with RLS: A systemic review and meta-analysis
Yukiyoshi Sumi, Japan

RLS and and peritoneal dialysis - update on a cohort study
Thomas MItterling, Austria

RLS and tghe COVID pandemic
Markku Partinen, Finland

 

Neurophysiology (and Imaging)


Chairperson:
Federica Proini, Italy



Periodic leg movements (PLM) and large muscle group movements (LMM) during sleep along the lifespan in normal controls
Raffaele Ferri, Italy

EEG for brain connectivity analysis in RLS - preliminary results

Doris Schuller-Götzburg, Austria

 

Common projects of the EURLSSG

Chairperson:
Wolfgang Oertel, Germany


Preview for Saturday - Summary slides

 

 

Case Reports


Chairperson:
Lucia Muntean, Germany



High periodic leg movements persist after weight loss surgery and obstructive sleep apnea improvement
Galia Anguelova, The Netherlands

Restless Back Syndrome

Evi Holzknecht, Austria

 

Therapy


Chairpersons:
Roselyne Rjisman, The Netherlands

Ambra Stefani, Austria

 

Physical exercise in restless legs syndrome
Evi Holzknecht, Austria

Treatment response to Tramadol treatment in Japanese patients with restless legs syndrome and its associaated factors
Yuichi Inoue, Japan

Treatment of restless legs syndrome with Sativex (2,7 mg Delta-9-tetra-hydrocannabinol / 2,5 mg cannabidiol)
Laura L. Triguero, Spain

 

Industrial Session


Chairpersons:
Federica Provini, Italy

Wolfgang Oertel, Germany

 

Tonic motor activation (TOMAC) - a wearable neurostimulation therapy for Restless Legs Syndrome
Shri Raghunathan, Noctrix, USA

 

Basic Science


Chairperson:
Barbara Schormair, Germany

 

Dopamine receptors in restless legs syndrome and augmentation: An update on D3 and D1 receptor hypotheses
Stefan Clemens, USA

 

EARLS


Chairpersons:
Katharina Glanz, Germany

Stefan Clemens, USA

 

Making the invisible visible - 15 years EARLS RLS Patient Advocacy
Katharina Glanz, EARLS President, Germany

How far have we succeded in our ambition to make primary care doctors updated on basic facts on RLS treatment
Sören Berg, President of RLS-Förbundet, Sweden

 

 

 

Agenda EURLSSG-Meeting

Saturday 14th December 2024, 9:00 - 13:30 h 

 

Welcome

Wolfgang Oertel, President, Germany

 

Common Projects of the EURLSSG

Chairpersons:
Federica Provini, Italy
Wolfgang Oertel, Germany


DATA BASE - RLS experts - physicians
ANgelica Montini, Barbara Schormair, Wolfgang Oertel, Klaus Berger, Federica Provini and the EURLSSG

DATA BASE - European RLS Patient-Registry

Wolfgang Oertel, Joke Jaarsma

 

Chairpersons:
Samson Khachatryan, Armenia
Giorgos Sakkas, Greece


USA-RLS Guidelines - versus European views
Shall EURLSSG endorse the USA-Recommendations?

Ambra Stefani and Samson Khachatryan

Task Force European Grant application
Giorgos Sakkas and Stefan Clemens

Task Force Website Content and Support
Burkhard Panier and Wolfgang Oertel

Augmentation Rating Scale - Validation of translations?
Development of new rating scales / questionnaires (Comorbidity)?

Educational material - for and together with EAN and ESRS?

Others