Rhythmic movements in sleep disorders and in epileptic seizures during sleep

Table 1 Different Rhythmic Movements in Sleep

Different Rhythmic Movements in Sleep
	Wakefulness	NREM	REM
Normal Variants of Physiological Sleep Movements
Sleep starts	✓
HFT	✓	✓
ALMA	✓	✓	✓
EFM		✓
Sleep Related Movement Disorders (SRMDs)
Benign neonatal myoclonus		✓
Bruxism	✓	✓	✓
PLMS/PLMD		✓	✓
RLS	✓
Leg cramps	✓	✓
SRRMD	✓	✓	✓
PSM	✓
DOA, Sexsomnia, SRED		✓
REM sleep dyscontrol in type I Narcolepsy, RBD			✓
Nocturnal Hypermotor Seizures in SHE		✓

Abbreviations: HFT Hypnagogic Foot Tremor; ALMA Alternating Leg Movement Activity; EFM Excessive Fragmentary Myoclonus; PLMS Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep; PLMD Periodic Limb Movement Disorder; RLS Restless Legs Syndrome; SRRMD Sleep Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder; PSM Propriospinal Myoclonus; DOA Disorders of Arousal; SRED Sleep Related Eating Disorder; RBD REM-sleep Behavior Disorder; SHE Sleep-related Hypermotor Epilepsy