Sudhansu Chokroverty

TL;DR: A large International Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Study Group has been formed as discussed by the authors, which has taken upon itself the role of definig the clinical features of the RLS, including sleep disturbance, periodic limb movements in sleep and similar involuntary movements while awake, a normal neurological examination in the idiopathic from, a tendency for the symptoms to be worse in middle to older age, and a family history suggestive of an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance.

TL;DR: The work of the AASM Visual Scoring Task Force is described, including methodology, a literature review and the rationale behind the new rules, which define onset and termination of REM sleep periods and propose alternative measures for non-alpha generating subjects.

TL;DR: The analysis of the electromyogram (EMG) signal and of the periodicity of the phenomenon provides different methods for the evaluation of muscle activity in normal and pathological sleep.

TL;DR: Control of Confounding and Reporting of Results in Causal Inference Studies Guidance for Authors from Editors of Respiratory, Sleep, and Critical Care Journals is published.