The writer’s cramp and its connections with sensory deficits
Objective: To determine whether difficulties in motor or perceptive anticipation are present in writer's cramp and are specific to writing or also observed during other…Incidence of dystonia in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy
Objective: To study the frequency of dystonic symptoms in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Background: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is an uncommon brain disorder that affects…DYT16/PRKRA founder mutation causes childhood-onset generalized dystonia in a family from southern Italy
Objective: To describe a family with three siblings affected by the combination of dystonia and parkinsonism, as a resulting phenotype of recessive PRKRA mutation. Background:…Perception of the visual vertical is not impaired in patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia
Objective: To investigate whether the perception of the visual vertical is intact in patients with idiopathic Cervical Dystonia (CD). Background: Idiopathic CD is a focal…Subtle sensory abnormalities in patients with segmental and cervical dystonia detected by quantitative sensory testing
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether sensory abnormalities in patients with primary dystonia are related to age and to the distribution…The impact of a movement disorders specialist on resident knowledge, as measured by the resident in-service training examination (RITE)
Objective: To determine a movement disorders specialist's impact on resident education, as assessed by the Resident In-Service Training Examination (RITE) scores. Background: Neurology resident knowledge…Endoscopic-guided injection of botulinum toxin into the longus capitis muscle and into the obliquus superior part of the longus colli muscle in dystonic antecaput
Objective: Cervical dystonia is the most commonly described dystonia. Since examinations of the muscle using imaging techniques were started [1], the classification of the phenomenological…Video assessment of writer’s cramp
Objective: To propose standardized filming and patient procedures to optimize recordings for assessment of writer's cramp. Background: The evaluation of writer's cramp and effectiveness of…Atypical presentation of psychogenic movement disorder with jaw-opening dystonia: Two cases reports
Objective: Our aim is to report atypical types of psychogenic movement disorder presenting jaw-opening dystonia. Background: Jaw-opening dystonia is a rare condition, and only a…Burden of movement disorders in Cameroon: In/out patient population study
Objective: To create a registry and surveillance of neurological disease from health care districts in Cameroon from 2012 to 2014. Background: Due to rapid demographic…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.