Disrupted superior collicular activity may reveal cervical dystonia disease pathomechanisms
Objective: To assess by functional magnetic resonance imaging, the response of the superior colliculi to a looming stimulus in cervical dystonia patients and their unaffected…Clinical Relevance of Treatment With OnabotulinumtoxinA in Patients With Cervical Dystonia: Results From the CD Probe Study
Objective: To explore minimal clinically important change perceived by patients as beneficial by the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS) using data from the…Oromandibular dystonia (OMD): A Prospective, Single-Blind Trial of AbobotulinumtoxinA (AboA)
Objective: To examine the safety and efficacy of AboA in OMD Background: OMD causes involuntary movements of the lower facial, masticatory, and lingual muscles. The…Dystonia treatment in an international cohort: a longitudinal analysis
Objective: To assess the change in therapy for dystonia over time Background: Although botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections are the gold standard therapy for patients with focal…Combined effects of rTMS and botulinum toxin therapy in benign essential blepharospasm
Objective: To determine whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) when added to botulinum toxin (BoNT) therapy improves benign essential blepharospasm…A Comparison of Temporal Discrimination Thresholds in Musicians with and without Dystonia
Objective: To compare the Temporal Discrimination Thresholds (TDT) of Musician’s Dystonia (MD) patients with those of healthy control musicians. Background: The TDT is a measure…Prevelance,clinical pathology and Treatment of Dystonia in Pakistani Population
Objective: Evaluate the gender,mean age,clinical spectrum and non–motor symptoms of the disease in Pakistan,a developing country of South East Asia. Background: Dystonia,a neurological syndrome,is characterized…The Volatility of Local Field Potential Oscillations in Dystonia and Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To assess the volatility of low frequency (4-12Hz) and beta-band (13-30Hz) oscillations in local field potentials (LFPs) in dystonia and compare this to LFPs…Substantial psychiatric symptoms, sleep disturbances and reduced quality of life in well-treated adult patients with GTP-cyclohydrolase deficient dopa-responsive dystonia
Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders, sleep problems and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients…Clinical profile of patients with blepharospasm
Objective: To present the clinical profile of 61 patients with blepharospasm who were treated with onabotulinum toxin injections. Background: Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia that…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.