Sensory stimulation in the treatment of children with sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder: a feasibility and acceptability study

Table 1 Demographics

Case	Sex	Age	Rhythmic movement semiology	Habitual movement frequency	Injury	Influence on daytime functioning	Influence on sleep	Onset Age	Medication prior to study
		years		Hz				months
1	male	5	head rolling, body rolling	1.4	none	no	not sure	12	none
2	male	5	head banging, body rocking	1.2	callus, bleeding	yes	a little	9	none
3	female	6	body rocking, head rolling	0.6	bruising, bleeding, hair loss, neck pain	yes	very much	6	Melatonin
4	male	11	head banging, head rolling	2.3*	bruising, bleeding, hair loss	no	a little	6	none
5	female	13	body rocking, body rolling	0.9	hair loss	yes	a little	24	none
6	male	14	body rocking	0.7	none	yes	very much	24	none

Habitual movements were determined based on video recordings and in the one child showing no movements (*) by voluntary demonstration of symptoms during daytime.

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