Development of a tool for assessment of embarrassment due to dystonia
Objective: To develop a self assessment scale for quantitative measurement of embarrassment in patients having dystonia. Background: Patients suffering from movement abnormalities like dystonia frequently…Reliability of a newly developed protocol for fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in Parkinson’s patients (PARK-FEES)
Objective: A new FEES protocol specified for dysphagia diagnosis among Parkinson's disease (PD) patients was recently developed in a prior two-phased study¹, which is now…Comparison of change in the UPDRS verses MDS-UPDRS in a population of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS)
Objective: To compare assessment tools for capturing the therapeutic effect of DBS for treating PD using the original UPDRS and The Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision…The dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome rating scale (DAWS-RS): Initial development of a new non-motor scale
Objective: To describe the development of the dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome (DAWS) rating scale (DAWS-RS), a new questionnaire designed to evaluate the symptoms, severity, and…Diaphragmatic dystonia in a patient that presents with Meige syndrome and disordered breathing
Objective: To present a case of diaphragmatic dystonia, discuss prevalence, and a practical approach to work up and treatment of this condition. Background: Diaphragmatic dystonia…Brain networks revealed by resting state functional MRI in familial and sporadic primary dystonia
Objective: To identify disease-related brain networks in hereditary and sporadic primary dystonia using resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI). Background: Abnormalities of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical (CbTC) pathways have…Striatal and pedunculopontine nucleus diffusion tensor imaging in cervical dystonia
Objective: To characterize white matter integrity in the striatum and pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) in patients with cervical dystonia using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Background: The…Impaired processing of visuo-spatial information in cervical dystonia patients
Objective: The goal of our study was to investigate the spatial distribution of visual processing resources in cervical dystonia (CD) patients with a pure left…Yearly four months’ disability gap in cervical dystonia due to run-out botulinum toxin effect
Objective: To investigate the causes of disability in patients with cervical dystonia. Background: Despite the development of medical treatment, cervical dystonia impairs the daily living…An update on genotype-phenotype correlation in X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP/DYT3)
Objective: To further characterize the severity, movement abnormalities, and disease course in an expanded cohort of subjects and their families with XDP and determine if…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.