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British Medical Bulletin, 2017 Dystonia is a clinically heterogeneous group of hyperkinetic movement disorders. Recent advances have provided a better understanding of these conditions with significant clinical impact.Peer reviewed journals and reviews. PubMed.gov.A recent consensus classification, including the assessment of phenomenology and identification of the dystonia ...
De Pablo Fernandez, E, Warner, TT
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation: the road to clinical therapy for dystonia [PDF]
Dystonia, 2023 Despite many research studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is not yet an FDA-approved clinical therapy for dystonia patients. This review describes the four major challenges that have historically hindered the clinical translation of TMS. The
Patrick J. Mulcahey +11 more
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Hairdresser’s Dystonia: An Unusual Occupational Dystonia [PDF]
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2013 Adult-onset focal dystonias (AOFDs) are non-task-specific or task-specific and may spread to other body segments of affected patients. Case report We report the case of a barber with non-task-specific craniocervical dystonia and a new occupational focal hand dystonia (while using scissors). Discussion Different AOFDs may develop and coexist in the same
Giorelli, Maurizio +1 more
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Assessing vocal changes through spectral analyses of vocalizations in a cerebellar-specific dystonia mouse model [PDF]
DystoniaVocal impairments are a debilitating but understudied feature of several dystonias, including generalized and early-onset genetic forms. Despite growing recognition that cerebellar dysfunction contributes to dystonic pathophysiology, the circuit ...
Austin L. Fitzgerald +9 more
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Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2012 In 1984, dystonia was defined by an ad hoc committee of the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation as a syndrome of involuntary, sustained muscle contractions affecting one or more sites of the body, frequently causing twisting and repetitive movements, or abnormal postures. In 2011, dystonia remains a purely clinical diagnosis. Primary dystonia includes
Mark S. LeDoux, LeDoux, Mark S.
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Video analysis of patients with blepharospasm and lower face dystonias
Dystonia, 2023 Background: Blepharospasm (BSP) is a focal dystonia. There is a lack of standardization in the length of time necessary to get a measure of BSP severity for rating scales.Objectives: 1) Determine the difference between evaluating the number of eye ...
Mahdieh Hosseini +4 more
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Disrupted sleep in dystonia depends on cerebellar function but not motor symptoms in mice
Dystonia, 2023 Although dystonia is the third most common movement disorder, patients often also experience debilitating nonmotor defects including impaired sleep.
Luis E. Salazar Leon +7 more
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Adult-Onset Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia [PDF]
, 2022 Adult-onset idiopathic focal dystonia is the most common type of primary dystonia, and adult-onset idiopathic cervical dystonia (AOICD) is its most prevalent phenotype.
Shameer Rafee +2 more
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Dystonia, 2023 Background: Bradykinesia has been reported in patients with dystonia. Despite this, the pathophysiological mechanisms of bradykinesia in dystonia remain largely unknown.Methods: We here performed a comprehensive literature search and reviewed clinical ...
Giulia Paparella +10 more
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 1988 Dystonia is a difficult problem for both the clinician and the scientist. It is sufficiently common to be seen by almost all physicians, yet uncommon enough to prevent any physician from gaining broad experience in its diagnosis and treatment. Each case represents a difficult challenge even to the specialist.
E G, McGeer, P L, McGeer
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