Restless legs syndrome

Restless legs syndrome (RLS, or Wittmaack-Ekbom's syndrome) is a condition that is characterised by an irresistible urge to move one's legs. It is poorly understood citation needed], often misdiagnosed, and believed to be a neurological disorder.

It is sometimes mistakenly called "Ekbom's syndrome", but that is an entirely different condition that shares part of the Wittmaack-Ekbom syndrome eponym: delusional parasitosis, as both syndromes were described by the same person, Karl-Axel Ekbom.

Many doctors express the view that the incidence of restless leg syndrome is exaggerated by manufacturers of drugs used to treat it.

Many people tap their feet or shake their legs resulting from a nervous tic, consumption of stimulants, drug side-effects or other factors; this is usually innocuous, unnoticed, and does not interfere with daily life, quite distinct from Restless Leg Syndrome.