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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: How do we decide if REM EMG activity is excessive?

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: How do we decide if REM EMG activity is excessive?

Update: 2025-04-18
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The diagnosis of REM sleep behavior disorder needs, in addition to dream enactment behavior, a determination that EMG activity is excessive during REM sleep.  But what is excessive?  In this podcast, we discuss how a practicing polysomnographer can make this determination.

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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: How do we decide if REM EMG activity is excessive?

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: How do we decide if REM EMG activity is excessive?

Michael H. Silber, M.B., Ch.B.