Localized Upper Back Pain: A Rare Variant of Restless Legs Syndrome

• DOI: 10.13078/jsm.240008
• Publication Date: 2024-09-05T23:55:30Z
• Authors: Seungwon Song; Namoh Kim; Yong Woo Shin; Ki-Young Jung
• Keywords: Restless Legs Syndrome; Sensation; Sitting; Back Pain

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic sensory-motor neuron disorder characterized by an urge to move the legs, accompanied abnormal sensations and pain that occur during sitting resting periods but are relieved movement. Although RLS typically affects lower limbs, cases of localized sensation in chest, back, abdomen, arm, perineum have also been reported. To date, only one documented case upper back has In this report, we present rare variant manifests as symptoms back.