Akathisia is a complex syndrome that is characterized by subjective inner restlessness and objective motor manifestations, and it can be classified into several subtypes. The purpose of this study was...
The authors present a study in which 33 chronic schizophrenic patients who, when withdrawn from antipsychotic drug treatment for more than 2 weeks, presented with concurrent signs of akathisia and tar...
BACKGROUND: Akathisia is a feeling of subjective or inner restlessness, which causes excessive, semipurposeful movements, commonly in the legs. However, restlessness in respiration, which presents as ...
Two patients with akathisia developing only after neuroleptic dosage reduction or withdrawal are described. The literature dealing with tardive or chronic akathisia is reviewed with an emphasis on the...
This article reviews the epidemiological data on drug-induced acute akathisia, examining studies in which akathisia was the primary focus as well as those in which it was one of a number of drug side ...
We evaluated Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS) and standardized lower limb actometry in quantifying neuroleptic-induced akathisia (NIA) in 99 schizophrenia patients. Both instruments discriminated ...
This investigation reports pilot data on two points originally raised in the earliest reports of the efficacy of beta-blockers in akathisia: their potential utility in the akathisia of idiopathic Park...