Effects of dance therapy on balance, gait and neuro-psychological performances in patients with Parkinson's disease and postural instability [PDF]
Postural Instability (PI) is a core feature of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and a major cause of falls and disabilities. Impairment of executive functions has been called as an aggravating factor on motor performances. Dance therapy has been shown effective
Agnetti, Virgilio +6 more
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Pain processing in functional and idiopathic dystonia: An exploratory study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Pain is often experienced by patients with functional dystonia and idiopathic cervical dystonia and is likely to be determined by different neural mechanisms.
Albanese +40 more
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Peripheral trauma and risk of dystonia: What are the evidences and potential co-risk factors from a population insurance database? [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Dystonia is a neurological syndrome typically resulting in abnormal postures. OBJECTIVES: We tested the role of physical injury as potential risk factor for development of dystonia using The National Health Insurance Research Database of ...
Chen, H-J +6 more
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Orofacial Drinking Tremor: A Case Series and Literature Review
Abstract Background Task‐specific orofacial tremor is a rare condition in which rhythmic oscillations of orofacial muscles occur during specific actions. Drinking tremor represents a recurrent pattern in isolated reports, although its phenomenology and underlying mechanisms remain incompletely defined.
Daniele Birreci +7 more
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Argyll Robertson pupils in lymphocytic meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth's syndrome) [PDF]
Sir: Lymphocytic meningoradiculitis or Bannwarth's syndrome is clinically characterised by severe radicular pains with sensory and motor impairment and cranial nerve palsies, especially unilateral or bilateral facial weakness.'`4 The syndrome is ...
Koudstaal, P.J. (Peter) +2 more
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Medical treatment of dystonia [PDF]
Therapeutic strategies in dystonia have evolved considerably in the past few decades. Three major treatment modalities include oral medications, botulinum toxin injections and surgical therapies, particularly deep brain stimulation.
Pichet Termsarasab +2 more
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Uses of Botulinum Toxin in Headache and Facial Pain Disorders: An Update
Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin that is used in the treatments for several medical conditions, such as dystonia, spasticity, hemifacial spasm, overactive bladder, and hyperhidrosis.
Pedro Augusto Sampaio Rocha-Filho +3 more
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Karak syndrome: a novel degenerative disorder of the basal ganglia and cerebellum [PDF]
Two brothers are reported with early onset progressive cerebellar ataxia, dystonia, spasticity, and intellectual decline. • Neuroradiology showed cerebellar atrophy and features compatible with iron deposition in the putamen (including the “eye of ...
Dheyyat, M. +9 more
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Movement Disorders in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies
Abstract Background Monogenic developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) frequently feature co‐occurring movement disorders. Gene discovery has expanded epilepsy‐dyskinesia syndromes (EDS) from classic associations such as stereotypies in Rett syndrome to PRRT2‐related infantile seizures with paroxysmal dyskinesia and crouched gait in SCN1A ...
Shekeeb Mohammad +2 more
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