TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep-related rhythmic movements and sleep terrors
T2 - A possible common neurophysiological background in a preschool boy
AU - Merli, Elena
AU - Ferri, Raffaele
AU - DelRosso, Lourdes M.
AU - Mignani, Francesco
AU - Loddo, Giuseppe
AU - Traverso, Annalisa
AU - Provini, Federica
PY - 2019/12/15
Y1 - 2019/12/15
N2 - We report the case of a 3-year-old boy with a history of frequent and injurious sleep-related rhythmicmovements and sleep terrors.We documented six episodes of body rocking and head banging via video polysomnography. No epileptic seizures were observed. In addition to the association between a sleep movement disorder and a disorder of arousal, our case shows that sleep-related rhythmic movements can arise not only during relaxed wakefulness or during a stable sleep stage, but also during a less clearly defined sleep stage during which it is difficult to further subtype non-rapid eye movement sleep. On the contrary, the portion of sleep without rhythmic movement episodes were clearly depicted with their physiological features. These findings might be of relevance for understanding the pathophysiology of both sleep-related rhythmic movements and sleep terrors and emphasize the importance to assess sleep using polysomnography, especially when episodes are frequent and injurious. The neurophysiological information obtained from this assessment might be helpful and guide an eventual treatment option.
AB - We report the case of a 3-year-old boy with a history of frequent and injurious sleep-related rhythmicmovements and sleep terrors.We documented six episodes of body rocking and head banging via video polysomnography. No epileptic seizures were observed. In addition to the association between a sleep movement disorder and a disorder of arousal, our case shows that sleep-related rhythmic movements can arise not only during relaxed wakefulness or during a stable sleep stage, but also during a less clearly defined sleep stage during which it is difficult to further subtype non-rapid eye movement sleep. On the contrary, the portion of sleep without rhythmic movement episodes were clearly depicted with their physiological features. These findings might be of relevance for understanding the pathophysiology of both sleep-related rhythmic movements and sleep terrors and emphasize the importance to assess sleep using polysomnography, especially when episodes are frequent and injurious. The neurophysiological information obtained from this assessment might be helpful and guide an eventual treatment option.
KW - Polysomnography
KW - Sleep terrors
KW - Sleep-related rhythmic movements
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U2 - 10.5664/jcsm.8098
DO - 10.5664/jcsm.8098
M3 - Article
C2 - 31855169
AN - SCOPUS:85076991018
VL - 15
SP - 1849
EP - 1852
JO - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
JF - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
SN - 1550-9389
IS - 12
ER -