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Arthur Scott Walters

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Arthur Scott Walters
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Arthur Scott Walters is an American neurologist, a professor of neurology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.[1]

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Research

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Walters' research interests have focused on the nexus where sleep disorders and movement disorders meet.[2] He is co-editor of the first book on sleep-related movement disorders in 2003 and is an author on over 200 research publications.[2]

Under his leadership as first chair of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG), the group established universal criteria for the diagnosis of RLS[3] whose core features serve as those of its current definition as well.[4] Under his leadership, the group also developed and validated an RLS severity rating scale[5] which has served as the major outcome measure for the severity of RLS in most academic and pharmaceutical company studies of RLS.[6] His other individual contributions with coauthors include writing the first full case reports of Pediatric RLS[7] and exploring the relationship between RLS and ADHD[8] as well as between RLS and Growing Pains.[9] In addition, he has explored the relationship between RLS/PLMS and hypertension, heart disease and stroke[10][11] the role of the endogenous opiate system in the pathogenesis of RLS[12] and the role of inflammation and autoimmunity in the pathogenesis of RLS.[13] He and co-investigators also performed some of the first circadian rhythm studies in RLS showing that the worsening at night and worsening at rest criteria for RLS were separate but interdependent phenomena.[14]

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Professional activities

Walters was the first chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, a nationwide patient support group for patients with restless legs syndrome and their families and he continues to play a role on the board.[15] He was also first chairman of the executive committee and continuing activist in the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group, which is composed of over 130 physicians and scientists dedicated to research on restless legs syndrome and the allied condition periodic limb movements in sleep.[2] He headed the American Academy of Sleep Medicine committee for the development of clinical criteria for the diagnosis of sleep related movement disorders International Classification of Sleep Disorders published in 2005 and their committee for the development of the sleep study scoring criteria for the sleep related movement disorders published in 2007.[2] He moved to Vanderbilt University and was given a distinguished faculty medical license from the state of Tennessee in 2008.[16]

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Awards and honors

In 1998, Walters was the first recipient of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation's Ekbom Award.[15] In 2005, he was named "Researcher of the Year in Medicine" at Seton Hall University.[17] In 2010, he was given the American Academy of Neurology Sleep Science Award for excellence in sleep research.[18]

Edited volumes - books

  • Walters AS, ed Sleep Thief: The Restless Legs Syndrome. Orange Park, Fla. Galaxy Books, Inc., pp. 1–316, 1996
  • Chokroverty, Sudhansu; Hening, Wayne A.; Walters, Arthur S. (2003). Sleep and Movement Disorders. Philadelphia: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-7506-7200-9.
  • Medicine, American Academy of Sleep (January 1, 2005). The International Classification of Sleep Disorders. Westchester, Ill: Amer Academy of Sleep Medicine. ISBN 978-0-9657220-2-5.
  • Walters AS, Editor for the Movement Disorders Section. The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events: Rules, Terminology and Technical Specifications. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Westchester, Ill, pp. 1-57, 2007.
  • Walters A. Editor for the Movement Disorders Section and the Miscellaneous Section (Appendix B). The International Classification of Sleep Disorders. Diagnostic and Coding Manual. Third Edition. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Westchester, Ill., 2014.
  • Chokroverty, Sudhansu; Allen, Richard P.; Walters, Arthur S.; Montagna, Pasquale (August 15, 2013). Sleep and Movement Disorders. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-979516-1.
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Selected publications

  • Walters, A. S.; Hening, W.; Rubinstein, M.; Chokroverty, S. (1991). "A clinical and polysomnographic comparison of neuroleptic-induced akathisia and the idiopathic restless legs syndrome". Sleep. 14 (4): 339–345. ISSN 0161-8105. PMID 1682986.
  • Picchietti, D. L.; Underwood, D. J.; Farris, W. A.; Walters, A. S.; Shah, M. M.; Dahl, R. E.; Trubnick, L. J.; Bertocci, M. A.; Wagner, M.; Hening, W. A. (1999). "Further studies on periodic limb movement disorder and restless legs syndrome in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder". Movement Disorders: Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 14 (6): 1000–1007. doi:10.1002/1531-8257(199911)14:6<1000::aid-mds1014>3.0.co;2-p. ISSN 0885-3185. PMID 10584676.
  • Hening, W. A.; Walters, A. S.; Wagner, M.; Rosen, R.; Chen, V.; Kim, S.; Shah, M.; Thai, O. (November 1, 1999). "Circadian rhythm of motor restlessness and sensory symptoms in the idiopathic restless legs syndrome". Sleep. 22 (7): 901–912. doi:10.1093/sleep/22.7.901. ISSN 0161-8105. PMID 10566908.
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