Service-based survey of dystonia in Munich [PDF]
, 2002 We performed a service-based epidemiological study of dystonia in Munich, Germany. Due to favourable referral and treatment patterns in the Munich area, we could provide confident data from dystonia patients seeking botulinum toxin treatment.
Ben-Shlomo, Y. +7 more
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Injeksi Toksin Botulinum pada Disfonia Spasmodik Tipe Adduktor [PDF]
, 2022 Disfonia spasmodik adalah gangguan fonasi akibat gerakan involunter, intermiten dan ireguler dari otot-otot intrinsik laring. Hingga saat ini patofisiologinya masih belum jelas.
Novriansyah, Wahyu Tri
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Brain activity during phonation in women with muscle tension dysphonia : an fMRI study [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives. The main objectives of this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study are (1) to investigate brain activity during phonation in women with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) in comparison with healthy controls; and (2) to explain the ...
Claeys, Sofie +6 more
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Measuring the burden of treatment for chronic disease: implications of a scoping review of the literature [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Although there has been growing research on the burden of treatment, the current state of evidence on measuring this concept is unknown.
Mair, Frances S. +3 more
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The Dystonia Coalition: A Multicenter Network for Clinical and Translational Studies
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal postures, repetitive movements, or both. Research in dystonia has been challenged by several factors. First, dystonia is uncommon. Dystonia is
Gamze Kilic-Berkmen +11 more
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Temporal discrimination: Mechanisms and relevance to adult-onset dystonia [PDF]
, 2017 Temporal discrimination is the ability to determine that two sequential sensory stimuli are separated in time. For any individual, the temporal discrimination threshold (TDT) is the minimum interval at which paired sequential stimuli are perceived as ...
Beck, Rebecca +7 more
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Female predominance in spasmodic dysphonia [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1997 We were interested to see the sex prevalence results in the recent review of focal dystonia by Soland et al .1 They found that of 956 patients with dystonia, 558 (58.4%) were female, for a ratio of 1.4:1. All but the cases of writer’s cramp had more females than males. In their spasmodic dysphonia group the ratio was 2.6:1 female:male (n=36).
Charles H. Adler +2 more
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Distribution of neuromuscular junctions in laryngeal and syringeal muscles in vertebrates [PDF]
, 2006 Vertebrates are capable of producing a variable sound spectrum. In mammals, lissamphibia, and reptiles, the larynx is the vocal organ responsible for sound production, whereas in birds it is produced by the syrinx, an avian organ located at the base of
Ana Valle-Fernandes +42 more
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Laryngeal Vibration to Treat Abductor‐Type Laryngeal Dystonia: Effectiveness and Cortical Response
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.In this study, people with abductor‐type laryngeal dystonia wore a collar with small, embedded vibrators. After vibrating the skin above the Adam's apple for 24 min, two‐thirds of participants thought their voice had noticeably improved, and objective measures of voice documented improvements in 45% of participants.
Arash Mahnan +6 more
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Tardive Dystonia: Clinical Spectrum and Novel Manifestations
Behavioural Neurology, 1988 Tardive dystonia was identified in 25 patients: involvement of the face and neck was most common; truncal and limb dystonia were also observed. There were 3 cases of laryngospasm and 2 of spasmodic dysphonia.
R. Jeffrey Davis +2 more
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