Oct 14, 2008 - movement were also reviewed: torticollis, anterocollis, retro- collis, laterocollis, head tremor, pain and concomitant postural hand tremor.
Nov 12, 2014 - The first-line treatment for cervical dystonia (CD) is botulinum toxin ..... posterior triangle of the neck (levator scapulae, scalenus medius) and.
assessed with two instruments: Short-form Health Survey with 36 questions (SF-36) and. Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS).
Cervical myelopathy complicating idiopathic dystonia must be distinguished from other causes of .... C4, and narrowing of the cervical canal at C3 and C4, the.
Nov 4, 2013 - CIZ1.50 The mean age at onset was 41.1 years in those with familial. CD versus 47.6 in those with sporadic disease. This study also found a.
sustained abnormal postures of the affected body part. By definition, patients with primary dystonia should have dystonia alone, without any other clinical signs.
Nov 30, 2015 - Edited by: John Henry Rossmeisl,. Virginia Tech, USA ... and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK. Dystonia is defined as a .... in veterinary jour- nals as well as online videos suggest that dystonic clinical signs.
history of any kind of movement disorders, sustained a severe head ..... nia in non-Jews. Ann J Hum ... Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1998:1049-1064. 29.
Dec 7, 2011 - PNKD. In the first one, the duration ranges from seconds to five minutes, and the etiology can be primary (familial or spo- radic) or secondary.
with thalamotomies; the beneficial effect on dystonic symptoms also seem to be a little more pronounced. (particularly over axial muscles), although a formal.
Dec 22, 2007 - modic torticollis was previously used for this syndrome, but it does not stress the dystonic nature of the disease2. A wide range of therapies are ...
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2008;66(1):15-21
CERVICAL DYSTONIA Clinical and therapeutic features in 85 patients Carlos Henrique F. Camargo1, Hélio A.G. Teive2, Nilson Becker1, Maria Helena Herdoíza Baran1, Rosana Hermínia Scola2, Lineu César Werneck3 Abstract – We studied patients with cervical dystonia (CD) to determine clinical features and response to botulinum toxin A (BoNT/A). Patients were submitted to clinical, laboratory and neuroimaging evaluation. BoNT/A was injected locally in 81 patients using electromyographic guidance. Four patients who had had previous treatment were considered to be in remission. The average ages at onset of focal dystonia and segmental dystonia were greater than for generalized dystonia (p
