• Mov. Disord. · Aug 2006

    Restless legs syndrome in Parkinson's disease patients may improve with subthalamic stimulation.

    • Erika Driver-Dunckley, Virgilio Gerald H Evidente, Charles H Adler, Renee Hillman, Jose Hernandez, Geoffrey Fletcher, and Mark K Lyons.
    • Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
    • Mov. Disord. 2006 Aug 1; 21 (8): 1287-9.

    AbstractWe report on 6 advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients who underwent bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery whose restless legs syndrome (RLS) improved postoperatively. Despite a mean 56% decrease in their levodopa equivalents postoperatively, their RLS scores dropped by a mean of 84% (100% in three). Our findings suggest that bilateral STN DBS surgery can improve RLS in patients with advanced PD.(c) 2006 Movement Disorder Society

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