Stereotactic Lesioning of the Thalamic Vo Nucleus for the Treatment of Writer's Cramp (Focal Hand Dystonia) [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia) is a sporadic focal dystonia that affects a specific part of the upper limb causing excessive co-contraction of antagonistic muscles.
Takeshi Shimizu +8 more
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Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for focal hand dystonia: study protocol for an open-label non-randomised clinical trial [PDF]
BMJ Neurology Open, 2023 Introduction MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy provides an exciting development in the field of minimally invasive stereotactic neurosurgery.
Yael Barnett +6 more
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Focal hand dystonia due to hemorrhage of the cervical spinal mass: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Yeungnam Medical ScienceDystonia is a movement disorder characterized by intermittent or sustained muscle contractions that lead to abnormal postures and/or repetitive movements. Although dystonia is traditionally considered a disorder of the basal ganglia, it has been observed
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A practical approach to management of focal hand dystonia
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2015 Dystonia can be focal, segmental, multifocal, generalized, or hemidystonia. Focal dystonia is localized to a specific part of the body. Overall upper limb is more commonly involved in focal dystonia than lower limb and since it starts from hand, focal ...
Sanjay Pandey
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Sensory abnormalities in focal hand dystonia and non invasive brain stimulation [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 It has been proposed that synchronous and convergent afferent input arising from repetitive motor tasks may play an important role in driving the maladaptive cortical plasticity seen in focal hand dystonia (FHD).This hypothesis receives support from ...
Angelo eQuartarone +6 more
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Loss of inhibition in sensorimotor networks in focal hand dystonia [PDF]
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 Objective: To investigate GABA-ergic receptor density and associated brain functional and grey matter changes in focal hand dystonia (FHD). Methods: 18 patients with FHD of the right hand and 18 age and gender matched healthy volunteers (HV) participated
Cecile Gallea +9 more
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Abnormal movement preparation in task-specific focal hand dystonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Electrophysiological and behavioral studies in primary dystonia suggest abnormalities during movement preparation, but this crucial phase preceding movement onset has not yet been studied specifically with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). To
Jakob Jankowski +6 more
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Quantitative Assessment of Hand Dysfunction in Patients with Early Parkinson’s Disease and Focal Hand Dystonia [PDF]
Journal of Movement Disorders, 2018 Objective Motor impairments related to hand function are common symptoms in patients with movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and focal hand dystonia (FHD).
Deepa Kandaswamy +5 more
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Testing rTMS-Induced Neuroplasticity: A Single Case Study of Focal Hand Dystonia [PDF]
Neural Plasticity, 2018 Focal hand dystonia in musicians is a neurological motor disorder in which aberrant plasticity is caused by excessive repetitive use. This work’s purposes were to induce plasticity changes in a dystonic musician through five daily thirty-minute sessions ...
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015 There is increasing evidence that the cerebellum has a role in the pathophysiology of primary focal hand dystonia and might provide an intervention target for non-invasive brain stimulation to improve function of the affected hand.
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