A History of Dystonia: Ancient to Modern [PDF]
, 2017 Before 1911, when Hermann Oppenheim introduced the term dystonia, this movement disorder lacked a unifying descriptor. While words like epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy have had their meanings since antiquity, references to dystonia are much harder to ...
Deborah Thorpe +3 more
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Assessing the cervical range of motion in infants with positional plagiocephaly [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: To determine if infants with positional plagiocephaly have limitations of active and passive cervical range of motion measured with simple and reliable methods.
ALCURI, ROSARIA MARIA +7 more
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Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Chronic Globus Pallidus Internus Stimulation in Different Types of Primary Dystonia [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) offers a very promising therapy for medically intractable dystonia. However, little is known about the long-term benefit and safety of this procedure. We therefore performed a
Bötzel, Kai +6 more
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Cerebellum: an explanation for dystonia? [PDF]
, 2017 Dystonia is a movement disorder that is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions, abnormal movements and postures, as well as by non-motor symptoms, and is due to abnormalities in different brain areas.
Berardelli, Alfredo, Bologna, Matteo
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Metoclopramide Neurological Side Effects Screening; A Pharmacovigilence Study in Romanian Community Pharmacies [PDF]
, 2015 Background. Metoclopramide is a pharmacological agent frequently used in therapy against nausea and vomiting that can occur in indigestion, motion sickness, gastric ulcer, pyloric spasm and after surgery as a side effect of some anesthetics.
Junghină, Adrian +4 more
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The length-tension diagrams of human oblique muscles in trochlear palsy and strabismus sursoadductorius [PDF]
, 1988 We determined the relation between length and tension in detached oblique muscles of 16 strabismus patients that underwent surgery, before and during contraction evoked by intravenous administration of succinylcholine.
A Bielschowsky +12 more
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Outbreak of encephalitic listeriosis in red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) [PDF]
, 2015 An outbreak of neurological disease was investigated in red-legged partridges between 8 and 28 days of age. Clinical signs included torticollis, head tilt and incoordination and over an initial eight day period approximately 30–40 fatalities occurred per
Barnes H.J. +13 more
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Congenital muscular torticollis [PDF]
, 2008 Aim: The purpose of these studies was to undertake a survey of functional and cosmetic status in children treated for congenital muscular torticollis (CMT), to examine validity and reliability of the Muscle Function Scale (MFS), to find reference values ...
Öhman, Anna
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Does the somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold change over time in focal dystonia? [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold (STDT) is defined as the shortest interval at which an individual recognizes two stimuli as asynchronous. Some evidence suggests that STDT depends on cortical inhibitory interneurons in the
Belvisi, Daniele +6 more
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Cervical dystonia incidence and diagnostic delay in a multiethnic population. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundCurrent cervical dystonia (CD) incidence estimates are based on small numbers in relatively ethnically homogenous populations. The frequency and consequences of delayed CD diagnosis is poorly characterized.ObjectivesTo determine CD incidence ...
Albers, Kathleen +19 more
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