Article 6

Restless Legs Syndrome

I – SOURCE OF THE ARTICLE WITH PUBLICATION DATE AND WORD COUNT:

Source of the article: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/restless-legs-syndrome  

(02/10/2020)

Word count: 821

II – VOCABULARY:

Word from the text	Synonym/definition in English	French translation
Prickling	When we want to scratch	Démangeaisons
Crawling	To move with difficulty	Rampes
Overwhelming	Irresistible, it is not possible to control it.	Irrésistible
To Squirm	To twist	Se tortiller
To adversely affect	To have a negative impact on smth	Nuire
Twitchy	To be nervous	Nerveux

III – ANALYSIS TABLE ABOUT THE STUDY

Researchers?	-National Institute of Neurological Disorders    and Stroke -American Academy of Sleep Medicine. -National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. -And other
Results published in? when (if mentioned)?	-MedlinePlus -Merck Manual Professional Version (jun 2020) -BMC Neurology (13/04/2020) –The Journal of the American Board of   Family Medicine (oct-2006) -Dovepress (06/05/2011)
General topic	Restless legs syndrome is a condition that interferes with our sleeping process and can induce insomnia. Our Lower libs need to move and it is totally out of control.
Procedure/ what was examined	2431 pregnant women (25-39 y.old) where observed during their third trimester of pregnancy. 23 subjects completed a trial of 12 weeks of aerobics to see if it reduce the RLS
Conclusions/ discovery	They discovered that this syndrome is more likely to occur during the end of pregnancy with a prevalence of 20% compared to 5-10% without pregnancy. It is a genetic syndrome. Between 40% and 90% of patients with RLS have at least one first-degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) with the condition. Exercise activity can decrease the odds of having RLS or help to reduce the symptom severity after around six weeks by 39%.
Remaining questions	Further studies need to be done for a better understanding of this syndrome.