Restless legs syndrome in adolescents: Relationship with sleep quality, cardiorespiratory fitness and body fat

Christoforos D. Giannaki; Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou; George Aphamis; Marios Pantzaris; Giorgos K. Sakkas

doi:10.5935/1984-0063.20170002

Restless legs syndrome in adolescents: Relationship with sleep quality, cardiorespiratory fitness and body fat

Christoforos D. Giannaki, Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou, George Aphamis, Marios Pantzaris, Giorgos K. Sakkas

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Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and sleep quality in a sample of adolescents. Methods: One hundred fifty seven volunteer adolescents (16.6 ± 0.7 yrs) participated in the study. Sleep quality was assessed by the Pittsburg sleep quality index. Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed by the 20 m shuttle run test and body composition by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Results: The prevalence of RLS was 5.1%. The adolescents with RLS were found to exhibit significantly higher body fat levels (p=0.019) and poorer sleep quality score (p=0.000) compared with their free-RLS counterparts. Conclusions: Adolescents with RLS are subjects of higher body fat and impaired sleep quality compared with adolescents without RLS. Early diagnosis and appropriate management of RLS is essential in the adolescents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-10
Number of pages	4
Journal	Sleep Science
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5935/1984-0063.20170002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

Adolescent
Body composition
Cyprus
Restless legs syndrome
Sleep disorders

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