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…Pre-pulse inhibition of blink reflex in cervical dystonia
Objective: We aimed to analyze prepulse inhibition (PPI) of blink reflex (BR) in a group of patients with cervical dystonia (CD) to determine sensory modulation…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.