Exteroceptive Reflexes in Stiff Person Syndrome, Other Neurological Conditions and Healthy Controls
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disabling neurological condition with overlapping symptomatology with more common neurological conditions. Exaggerated exteroceptive reflex mechanisms are thought to play a role in its pathophysiology.
Belinda Cruse +8 more
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Trust the Patient Not the Doctor: The Determinants of Quality of Life in Cervical Dystonia
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Background: Mood disorder is common in cervical dystonia and can impact on quality of life. It often precedes the onset of cervical dystonia and does not improve with botulinum toxin therapy.Objective: To assess health-related quality of life in relation
Ihedinachi Ndukwe +5 more
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Breathe, Eat, Talk: Three Essential Ingredients to Quality‐of‐Life Outcomes in Movement Disorders
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Breathing, eating, and talking (BET) impairments are common yet frequently underrecognized features of movement disorders. Deficits in respiration, swallowing, voice, and speech may emerge early in the course of a disease, adversely affecting safety, participation, and quality of life.
John Dean +16 more
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Dopa-responsive dystonia and hyperprolactinaemia : a novel association in two sisters [PDF]
, 2007 Dopa-Responsive Dystonia (DRD) is a rare hereditary condition of childhood-onset dystonia which responds dramatically to treatment with levodopa. It was first described in 1971 as a "hereditary progressive basal ganglia disease with marked diurnal ...
Cachia, Mario J., Galea, Janabel
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Perinatal Post‐Anoxic Spinal Cord Injury: A Barrier to Pallidal Neuromodulation? About 2 Cases
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Marylou Grasso +4 more
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Movement Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Relatively little is known about voice and speech abnormalities and their changes after deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with dystonia. Objective The aim was to determine the incidence of speech abnormalities, including laryngeal dystonia, among patients with dystonia receiving DBS and to characterize their response to this ...
Ian O. Bledsoe +7 more
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The Mechanisms of Movement Control and Time Estimation in Cervical Dystonia Patients
Neural Plasticity, 2013 Traditionally, the pathophysiology of cervical dystonia has been regarded mainly in relation to neurochemical abnormities in the basal ganglia. Recently, however, substantial evidence has emerged for cerebellar involvement.
Pavel Filip +4 more
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Early Cervical and Orofacial Variable Dystonia in Levodopa‐Naïve PRKN Parkinson's Disease
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Amy Gallagher +6 more
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A Gap Analysis of Deep Brain Stimulation for Childhood‐Onset Movement Disorders
Movement Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established and increasingly utilized therapy for childhood‐onset movement disorders. However, pediatric DBS poses unique challenges that are not adequately addressed by adult‐derived paradigms. Objective To identify key gaps in the current use of DBS in childhood‐onset movement disorders and to ...
Daniela Munoz‐Chesta +6 more
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Quantitative Analysis of Armswing in Patients with Primary Cervical Dystonia
Neuropsychiatric Investigation, 2015 Objective: Accompanying neurological signs are not expected in primary cervical dystonia (PCD), characterized by involuntary muscle contractions resulting in abnormal posture of the neck.
Gulcin Benbir +6 more
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