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Acute Spinal Cord Contusion in a Patient with Multiple Upper Cervical Fractures, Parkinson’s Disease, and Torticollis: Surgical Management

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2020
Case Report. Spine surgery in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) involves increased risk. We describe a case of cervical myelopathy in a patient with PD, multiple fractures involving the atlas and axis vertebrae, and spasmodic torticollis.
Sarah Merrill, Maziyar A. Kalani, Naresh P. Patel, Mark K. Lyons, Matthew T. Neal   +4 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.
Albanese, Alongi, Altenmüller, Argyelan, Baird, Baizabal-Carvallo, Berardelli, Black, Bragg, Brakebusch, Breakefield, Brüggemann, Burkhard, Byrnes, Chang, Chang, Charlier, Clemmons, De Lahunta, De Ley, De Vlamynck, Defazio, Deuschl, Deuschl, Di Riso, Draper, Du, Elia, Erro, Evinger, Fahn, Forman, Fremont, Garosi, Garosi, Geiger, Geyer, Gilio, Gill, Gill, Gill, Gittis, Goodchild, Grünberg, Hallett, Hamann, Harcourt-Brown, Harvey, Herrtage, Ikoma, Jankovic, Jankovic, Jankovic, Jinnah, Jinnah, Jinnah, Kaji, Klein, Kuyper, Lohmann, Lowrie, Malone, Martlé, McCall, Meyer-Lindenberg, Meyers, Meyers, Meyers, Meyers, Müller, Nardocci, Nollet, Nollet, Obeso, Ostrander, Ozelius, Packer, Packer, Pariset, Park, Paudel, Penderis, Peters, Peterson, Prudente, Quartarone, Quartarone, Raike, Ramsey, Rascol, Richter, Richter, Richter, Richter, Richter, Ridding, Rothwell, Rothwell, Rusbridge, Sacchetto, Sanger, Shelton, Stoessl, Suls, Testoni, Thenganatt, Tolosa, Urkasemsin, Valberg, Vanhaesebrouck, Wichmann, Wilson, Wissel, Woods, Wright, Wright, Yanagisawa   +116 more
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Conversion “V” Profiles in Torticollis

Behavioural Neurology, 1989
The assumption that spasmodic torticollis represents a conversion reaction was examined by evaluating profiles of 61 patients on the hypochondriasis, depression, and hysteria scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
M. Jahanshahi, C. D. Marsden
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Rating scales for cervical dystonia: a critical evaluation of tools for outcome assessment of botulinum toxin therapy [PDF]

, 2012
Botulinum neurotoxin is the therapy of choice for all forms of cervical dystonia (CD), but treatment regimens still vary considerably. The interpretation of treatment outcome is mainly based on the clinical experience and on the scientific value of the ...
Andrea Stenner, Gerhard Reichel, Harald Hefter, Wolfgang H. Jost   +3 more
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Torticaput versus Torticollis: Clinical Effects with Modified Classification and Muscle Selection

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2019
Background: Several different subtypes are distinguished in cervical dystonia, depending on their different levels of movement. In simple rotation, classified as torticollis spasmodicus, we now differentiate between torticollis and torticaput dependent ...
Wolfgang H. Jost
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Relationships between Serotonin Transporter Binding in the Raphe Nuclei, Basal Ganglia, and Hippocampus with Clinical Symptoms in Cervical Dystonia:A [C]DASB Positron Emission Tomography Study [PDF]

, 2018
PurposeAlterations of the central serotonergic system have been implicated in the pathophysiology of dystonia. In this molecular imaging study, we assessed whether altered presynaptic serotonin transporter (SERT) binding contributes to the ...
Anna L. Bartels, Anna L. Bartels, Antoon T. Willemsen, Bauke M. de Jong, David Vállez García, Erik F. de Vries, Evelien Zoons, Jan Booij, Marenka Smit, Marina A. Tijssen, Rudi A. Dierckx   +10 more
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KinesioTaping after botulinum toxin type A for cervical dystonia in adult patients

Brain and Behavior, 2022
Introduction Studies explored physiotherapeutic approaches in cervical dystonia (CD) patients with or without botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections, however the results are varying. There are no clinical trials investigating the effects of kinesiology taping
Małgorzata Dec‐Ćwiek, Karolina Porębska, Katarzyna Sawczyńska, Marcin Kubala, Magdalena Witkowska, Kinga Zmijewska, Jakub Antczak, Joanna Pera   +7 more
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Cross-linguistic study of vocal pathology: perceptual features of spasmodic dysphonia in French-speaking subjects [PDF]

, 2003
Clinical characterisation of Spasmodic Dysphonia of the adductor type (SD) in French speakers by Klap and colleagues (1993) appears to differ from that of SD in English. This perceptual analysis aims to describe the phonetic features of French SD.
BRIN M. F., CRYSTAL D. A., DARLEY F., DELATTRE P., DENES P. B., KLAP P., LANGEN DE, LAVER J., MALECOT A., MARJORIE PERLMAN LORCH, RENATA WHURR, WHURR R., WHURR R.   +12 more
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Triad of torticollis, photophobia and epiphora in a child with a posterior fossa tumor

GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2014
[english] A 7-month-old Caucasian girl presented with an acquired, spasmodic torticollis to the right side with the head tilted downwards, photophobia and epiphora. Diagnostic work-out revealed a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma.
Buijsrogge, Michiel, Dauwe, Caroline, Delbeke, Patricia   +2 more
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Retrocolis, anterocolis ou tremor cefálico podem predizer a progressão dos movimentos distônicos em pacientes com distonia cervical primária [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Few studies have attempted to develop clinical predictors for cervical dystonia (CD) aiming at progression of the dystonic movement.
Aguiar, Patrícia Maria de Carvalho, Borges, Vanderci, Felício, André Carvalho, Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai, Godeiro-Junior, Clecio, Silva, Sonia Maria Azevedo   +5 more
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