Nocturnal myoclonus and nocturnal myoclonic activity in the normal population.

摘要: The presence of nocturnal myoclonus (NM) and myoclonic activity (NMA) was assessed in the sleep laboratory 100 subjects without any complaint disturbance. Subjects were included only if they physically mentally healthy not using medication. subject sample selected to have a representative proportion women men wide age distribution. Six percent met clinical criteria for NM, five had NMA. Thus, either NM or NMA noted 11 total sample. prevalence slightly higher than positively significantly correlated with increasing age. No relationship found between weight, smoking, consumption caffeinated beverages. When amount each stage controlled for, occurred most frequently during 2 sleep. degree disturbance related minimal, mean duration both types per subject-night being about six minutes. In addition, 10 events EEG arousals.