Psychiatric co-morbidity is highly prevalent in idiopathic cervical dystonia and significantly influences health-related quality of life: Results of a controlled study
Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and factors influencing health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in cervical…Clinical characteristics and natural history of oromandibular dystonia
Objective: The overall goal of this study is to better define the clinical characteristics and natural history of oromandibular dystonia (OMD). Background: OMD is a…Cervical dystonia associated to Wallenberg syndrome
Objective: To describe, for the first time, a patient who developed cervical dystonia with signs and symptoms of a Wallenberg syndrome. Background: Secondary cervical dystonia…Children with idiopathic tics reveal additional features of hyperkinetic movement disorders
Objective: To investigate whether children with tics reveal features of additional hyperkinetic movement disorders. Background: The patho-physiology for idiopathic tic disorders is unknown, although underlying…Categories of psychogenic movement disorders to functional blepharospasm
Objective: 1) To investigate if the categories of psychogenic dystonia (PD) proposed by Gupta and Lang could be applied to psychogenic blepharospasm (PB); 2) To…Epidemiological investigation of yips among Golfers in Japan
Objective: To investigate epidemiological aspects of yips among golfers in Japan. Background: Yips are known as a set of conditions associated with an intermittent motor…Clinical and molecular features of DYT1 primary dystonia in a Peruvian population
Objective: To associate clinical data of dystonia patients with the TOR1-A gene mutation in Peru. Background: DYT1 dystonia is a severe generalized form of early-onset…How do we make mistakes diagnosing movement disorders?
Objective: Analyze diagnostic errors in a Movement Disorder Section (MDS) in a public hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Background: Abnormal movements are a common complaint…The prevalence of non- motor symptoms in dystonia
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of non- motor symptoms in patients with idiopathic isolated dystonia and their correlation with disease duration, motor symptoms severity and…Quantitative measurements of deficit type and severity in focal embouchure dystonia
Objective: To identify acoustic variables that characterize focal embouchure dystonia (FED) and use these measures to quantify FED severity. Background: FED is a focal task-specific…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.