A Multigenerational Family with Persistent Sleep Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder (RMD) and Insomnia

Sleep Bruxism: A Sleep-Related Movement Disorder

Sleep bruxism (SB) with concomitant tooth grinding was recently reclassified as a sleeprelated oromotor movement disorder falling within sleep medicine. Over several decades, however, the clinical relevance and pathophysiology of SB has been discussed by dental professionals rather than by sleep physicians, because SB has been associated with orodental consequences such as tooth wear, masticato...

A boy infant with sleep related rhythmic movement disorder showing arm banging

OBJECTIVE To present a male patient who performed arm banging on his face during sleep every night since 7 months of age. METHODS Clinical course of this patient with electroencephalographic recording with video recording at 23 months of age was shown. RESULTS His arm banging began at the age of 7 months and showed no complete remission at the age of 57 months of age, although clonazepam re...

Rhythmic raiding of refrigerator related to rapid eye movement sleep.

A Case with Dopamine-Antagonist Responsive Repetitive Head Punching as Rhythmic Movement Disorder during Sleep

We reported a 17-year-ole male presented with repetitive head punching as rhythmic movement during sleep. Rhythmic movement disorder (RMD) during sleep refers to a number of activities characterized by repetitive stereotyped movements such as rhythmic oscillations of the head, limbs, or body. The repetitive movement like punching on the head in our case is a rare form. The patient's symptom was...

Clinical and Laboratory Observations Controlled Sleep Restriction for Rhythmic Movement Disorder

R hythmic movement disorder (RMD) is defined as a group of stereotyped, repetitive movements (RM), involving large muscles, usually of the head and neck (head banging), that typically occur immediately before sleep onset and are sustained into light sleep. Occasionally it may be seen in deep or rapid eye movement sleep. Although several studies reported that RMD may spontaneously alleviate and ...