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Cerebellum: an explanation for dystonia? [PDF]
, 2017 Dystonia is a movement disorder that is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions, abnormal movements and postures, as well as by non-motor symptoms, and is due to abnormalities in different brain areas.
Berardelli, Alfredo, Bologna, Matteo
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Genetic issues in the diagnosis of dystonias [PDF]
, 2013 Dystonias are heterogeneous hyperkinetic movement disorders characterized by involuntary muscle contractions which result in twisting and repetitive movements and abnormal postures.
Petrucci S., Valente E. M.
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Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2018 View Supplementary Video ...
Ritu Shree +2 more
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Informed consent decision-making in deep brain stimulation [PDF]
, 2018 Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proved useful for several movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia), in which first and/or second line pharmacological treatments were inefficacious.
Appelbaum +6 more
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Hairdresser’s Dystonia: An Unusual Occupational Dystonia
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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Cost minimization analysis of BoNT-As in the treatment of upper limb spasticity and cervical dystonia [PDF]
, 2016 Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injections are recommended for the management of upper limb spasticity (ULS) and cervical dystonia (CD). The main aim of this cost minimization analysis (CMA) was to compare the annual cost per patient for three BoNT-As ...
Bartolomei, Luigi +15 more
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Dystonia, 2023 Background: Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 (SCA17) is a rare autosomal dominant trinucleotide disorder. There are no effective therapies for addressing the clinical symptoms of SCA17.Case report: We describe a 46-year-old male who presented with symptoms of ...
Aparna Wagle Shukla +3 more
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A practical approach to the patient presenting with dropped head [PDF]
, 2016 Head drop, or having a dropped head, is an uncommon condition in which patients present with a disabling inability to lift their head. It may arise in many neurological conditions that can be divided into those with neuromuscular weakness of neck ...
Demicoli, Marija, Marsh, Eleanor A.
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Non-motor symptoms in dystonia: from diagnosis to treatment
Dystonia, 2023 The Dystonia Medical Research Foundation organized an expert virtual workshop in March 2023 to review the evidence on non-motor symptoms across the spectrum of dystonia, discuss existing assessment methods, need for their harmonisation and roadmap to ...
Kathryn J. Peall +20 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
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