What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Internal medicine
- Disease
- Psychiatry
Her primary scientific interests are in Restless legs syndrome, Internal medicine, Physical therapy, Disease and Severity of illness.
Her Restless legs syndrome research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Randomized controlled trial, Surgery, Rotigotine and Neurological disorder.
Her Internal medicine research includes themes of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and BTBD9.
The Disease study combines topics in areas such as Psychiatry, Central nervous system disease and Pediatrics.
Her Central nervous system disease research incorporates elements of Visual analogue scale and Sleep disorder.
Her studies deal with areas such as Anesthesia and Placebo as well as Severity of illness.
Her most cited work include:
- The Parkinson’s disease sleep scale: a new instrument for assessing sleep and nocturnal disability in Parkinson’s disease (442 citations)
- The official World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) standards for recording and scoring periodic leg movements in sleep (PLMS) and wakefulness (PLMW) developed in collaboration with a task force from the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) (383 citations)
- Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus. (373 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Her primary scientific interests are in Restless legs syndrome, Internal medicine, Polysomnography, REM sleep behavior disorder and Sleep in non-human animals.
Her Restless legs syndrome research incorporates themes from Anesthesia, Surgery, Physical therapy, Rotigotine and Neurological disorder.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Severity of illness, Pediatrics and Rating scale in addition to Physical therapy.
Her Internal medicine research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Cardiology.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Audiology, Sleep disorder and Eye movement, Non-rapid eye movement sleep.
Her research in REM sleep behavior disorder focuses on subjects like Rapid eye movement sleep, which are connected to Behavior disorder.
She most often published in these fields:
- Restless legs syndrome (30.73%)
- Internal medicine (22.40%)
- Polysomnography (22.14%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- REM sleep behavior disorder (20.83%)
- Restless legs syndrome (30.73%)
- Internal medicine (22.40%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
REM sleep behavior disorder, Restless legs syndrome, Internal medicine, Polysomnography and Physical medicine and rehabilitation are her primary areas of study.
The concepts of her REM sleep behavior disorder study are interwoven with issues in Rapid eye movement sleep, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinsonism and Genetics.
Her Restless legs syndrome research also works with subjects such as
- Rating scale together with Physical therapy,
- Impulsivity that intertwine with fields like Impulse control disorder.
Birgit Högl combines subjects such as Gastroenterology and Oncology with her study of Internal medicine.
Her Polysomnography research integrates issues from Nightmare, Sleep paralysis, Nightmare disorder, Sleep apnea and Neurology.
Her research in Physical medicine and rehabilitation intersects with topics in Inter-rater reliability, Mentalis, Parasomnia, Sleep in non-human animals and Eye movement.
Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study (199 citations)
- The European Academy for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia: An initiative of the European Insomnia Network to promote implementation and dissemination of treatment. (26 citations)
- Genetic, Structural, and Functional Evidence Link TMEM175 to Synucleinopathies. (25 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Disease
- Psychiatry
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in REM sleep behavior disorder, Internal medicine, Restless legs syndrome, Polysomnography and Physical medicine and rehabilitation.
The subject of her REM sleep behavior disorder research is within the realm of Parkinson's disease.
Birgit Högl has researched Internal medicine in several fields, including Endocrinology, Oncology and Cardiology.
Her Restless legs syndrome study incorporates themes from Reliability, Physical therapy and Neurological disorder.
Her Polysomnography study combines topics in areas such as Cardiac resynchronization therapy, Ejection fraction, Cardiomyopathy and Sleep medicine.
Her research integrates issues of Sleep in non-human animals, Neurology, Eye movement and Parasomnia in her study of Physical medicine and rehabilitation.
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