FD may be associated with focal tremor or rigidity. The possibility of similar symptoms in certain early parkinsonism can be observed. • In musicians' FD, some symptoms are so uncommon and the anxiety in some patients so great, it is possible to question their psychological condition; however...
ADULTSCHILDHOOD epilepsyL-2-Hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L-2-HGA) is a rare disorder. The patients have psychomotor retardation, ataxia, macrocephaly, and epilepsy usually in childhood. We present a case of L-2-HGA who developed dystonia in the third decade of l...
Signs and symptoms of dystonia Cervical dystonia (torticollis) Intermittent spasms of the neck muscles or abnormal head movements occur because of contractions of the sternocleidomastoid, trapezius, and posterior cervical muscles. This effect results in a patterned, repetitive, and spasmodic movement that...
Long-term deep brain stimulation in dystonia: the relationship between effects on electrophysiology and clinical symptoms. Brain 134, 2106–2115 (2011). Article PubMed Google Scholar Tinazzi, M. et al. Aristotle’s illusion reveals interdigit functional somatosensory alterations in focal hand ...
every 3–4 days in children, compared to every 1 week in adults. If symptoms are still not adequately controlled or benefits are not sustained, medications can be titrated up further. Should side effects emerge, we may try holding the dose constant until they disappear, but oftentimes reduction...
symptoms in the face, neck, shoulder, torso, or limbs. Functional dystonia is often seen in individuals with psychiatric disorders or exposure to psychological stressors. The onset of symptoms is often preceded by an injury, illness, or emotionally stressful event. Functional or psychogenic dystonia...
Deep brain stimulation in the treatment of secondary dystonia Background Dystonia is one of the most challenging movement disorders to treat. Medications and surgeries are the two methods to control dystonic symptoms... JG Zhang,K Zhang,ZC Wang,... - 《中华医学杂志(英文版)》 被引量: 201发表...
Patients with dystonia had significantly more often a lifetime diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder, according to the MINI-PLUS/KID, compared to controls and adults scored higher on psychiatric severity scales (Table 1). More details about the psychiatric symptoms in this cohort can be found in ou...
As expected from results in adults, overflow is an important feature of childhood dystonia. However, overflow may be at least partially dependent on an individual's level of awareness of their muscle activity. Most importantly, poor single-muscle tracking shows that children with dystonia have ...
Clinical studies in children and adults with primary generalised dystonia (PGD) have reported beneficial effects of bilateral GPi deep brain stimulation (DBS) in both motor symptoms and disability produced by dystonia3 4 5 as well as a favourable impact of DBS in the health-related quality of li...