Hemodialysis Patients With Restless Legs Syndrome Used Vibration

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a chronic disorder characterized by abnormal sensations, usually accompanied by pain and restlessness in the legs and/or any part of the body. The typical clinical feature of RLS is the irresistible urge to move and restlessness, especially in the legs, that prevents falling asleep, accompanied by dysesthesia, and the symptoms are more pronounced in the evening and at night, and occur and increase at rest.

Sleep quality disorders (10-20%) and limb movements during sleep are quite common in patients with RLS . These disorders in sleep quality are also common among patients receiving hemodialysis due to end-stage renal disease.

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are used in the treatment of RLS.

Due to the varying success and side effects of pharmacological treatments, non-pharmacological methods have come to the fore for these patients. One of the methods that can be applied as a non-pharmacological method is vibration. Vibration causes an increase in the patient's body temperature, leading, in turn, to increased oxygen release from myoglobin and hemoglobin, increased muscle blood flow, increased sensitivity of neural receptors, increased nerve velocity, and decreased muscle viscosity. It has been stated that all these factors contribute positively to improving health, reducing pain, improving sleep quality, as well as bio-motor and functional indicators.

Although the therapeutic effect of instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation (EYYDM) is not clear, it is stated that it activates the muscles, fascia and tendon and improves pain clinically in studies.

In Turkey, no study investigating the effects of vibration and EYYDM in hemodialysis patients diagnosed with RLS has been found. In this direction, the aim of the study is to determine the most effective treatment method on pain and sleep quality by comparing the effects of vibration and EYYDM methods in dialysis patients with restless legs syndrome

Inclusion criteria

Receiving hemodialysis treatment for at least 6 months 3 days a week for 4 hours Patients with RLS according to the diagnostic criteria of the International RLS study group In laboratory examinations the kinetic indicators of dialysis adequacy are within the desired target range (Kt/V: 1.2-1.3; URR: 60-65%) radiological examinations without pathological findings (fracture, dislocation, tumor, infection)

Exclusion criteria

psychiatric problems neurological deficit