Research progress of restless legs syndrome in China: Chinese scholars' reports published abroad

Abstract

In recent years, Chinese scholars have made some progress in the field of restless legs syndrome (RLS), including epidemiological investigation of prevalence of RLS in some areas of China, the pathogenesis, comorbidities research, drug therapy and non ? drug therapy of RLS, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, etc. This has laid a solid foundation for understanding and treating the disease in a better way, and also makes some contributions to RLS research for our country. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2017.09.003

Keywords

• Restless legs syndrome
• Comorbidity
• Drug therapy
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation
• Acupuncture-moxibustion
• China
• Review