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Reporting on psychological well-being of older adults with chronic aphasia in the context of unaffected peers [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose: It is important that professionals working with individuals with acquired neurogenic communication disorders consider their clients’ psychological wellbeing. Much is known about the significant emotional, social and psychological consequences of
Cruice, M., Hickson, L., Worrall, L.
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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., Ceballos-Baumann, Andres, Conrad, B., Gasser, T., Kamm, C., Konkiewitz, E. C., Trender-Gerhard, I., Warner, T.   +7 more
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Dystonia and paroxysmal dyskinesias: under-recognized movement disorders in domestic animals? A comparison with human dystonia/paroxysmal dyskinesias. [PDF]

, 2015
Dystonia is defined as a neurological syndrome characterized by involuntary sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing twisting, often repetitive movements, and postures.
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Medical treatment of dystonia [PDF]

, 2016
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, Steven J. Frucht, Thananan Thammongkolchai   +2 more
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Neurological Disease Detection and Monitoring from Voice Production [PDF]

, 2011
The dramatic impact of neurological degenerative pathologies in life quality is a growing concern. It is well known that many neurological diseases leave a fingerprint in voice and speech production.
A. Tsanas, A.L. Törnqvist, C.A. Eckley, E.S. Luschei, G. Fant, J.P. Rauschecker, J.R. Deller, P. Gómez, R. Das   +8 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, Stephen F. Bansberg, Brian W. Edwards   +2 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., McMillan, Sara S., Salehi, Asiyeh, Sav, Adem   +3 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, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Robert W. Hierholzer   +2 more
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Changes in pallidal neural activity following long-term symptom improvement from botulinum toxin treatment in DYT6 dystonia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background The globus pallidus internus is the main target for the treatment of dystonia by deep brain stimulation. Unfortunately, for some genetic etiologies, the therapeutic outcome of dystonia is less predictable.
Andrea Giorni, Terry Coyne, Peter A. Silburn, George D. Mellick, Pankaj Sah, François Windels   +5 more
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Predictors of Loneliness in Parkinson's Disease and Craniocervical Dystonia

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Loneliness is a state in which an individual feels socially isolated due to deficiencies in the quantity or quality of social relationships and interaction. To date very little is known about loneliness in Parkinson's disease (PD) and focal/segmental craniocervical dystonia (FSCD).
Suzette Shahmoon, Dejan Georgiev, Paul Jarman, Kailash Bhatia, Patricia Limousin, Marjan Jahanshahi   +5 more
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