Pregnancy and Delivery Complications in Women with Inherited Isolated Dystonia
Objective: To determine whether female mutation carriers of inherited dopa-responsive (DRD) and DYT/TOR1A genes had higher pregnancy and delivery complications than non-carriers Background: Women with…Selective Disinhibition of Thalamus by Globus Pallidus Internus: Failure of a Normal Control Mechanism in Childhood Dystonia
Objective: The relationship between injury to basal ganglia and the phenomenology of overflow and dyskinesia in childhood dystonia is not understood. We seek to test…Novel familial HPCA mutation associated with autosomal recessive dystonia: Strengthening the role of HPCA in hereditary movement disorders.
Objective: The objective was to describe the genetic and clinical findings in a Turkish girl, her father and paternal uncle carrying a novel homozygous HPCA…Cerebellar brain inhibition and cervical dystonia: exploring clinico-electrophysiological associations
Objective: To examine the association between clinical features of cervical dystonia (CD) and cerebellar inhibition of the motor cortex (M1). Background: The involvement of cerebellar…Clinical Applications of Non-Invasive Neuromodulation associated with kinesiotherapy in focal dystonia patients: report of three cases
Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate further the potential role of Non-Invasive Neuromodulation combined with kinesiotherapy for treatment of focal dystonia (FD).…Physiotherapy in cervical dystonia with focus on clinical assessments on ICF
Objective: It is to assess if the results of the common clinical evaluation of patients with cervical dystonia can be summarized in an objective observation…Defining biomarkers to discriminate between organic and functional dystonia
Objective: Establish methodologies, fast and easy to translate to clinics, that help discriminate between organic and functional dystonia. Background: Functional dystonias are challenging diagnoses that…Musician’s dystonia: results from a large US case series
Objective: We describe the clinical characteristics of a large US cohort of musician’s focal dystonia (MFD), including both amateur and professional musicians. Background: Musician’s focal…Classification of idiopathic cervical dystonia: an observational study
Objective: The aim of our study was to classify patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia who had never been injected botulinum toxin. Background: Idiopathic cervical dystonia…Reduced interhemispheric and premotor-motor connectivity during handwriting in patients with writer’s cramp
Objective: In the current study, our aim was to determine if there occurred task-specific changes in functional connectivity within the task-specificity network for handwriting in…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.