Does GPi-DBS help non motor symptoms in cervical dystonia patients? A retrospective study of 17 patients
Objective: To study the efficacy of GPi DBS surgery in improving dystonia related severity, disability and pain as well as quality of life in medically…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…Pilot study on the long lasting effectivness of an integrated tailored sensory-motor rehabilitation program associated with BoNTA in cervical dystonia
Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the long lasting effectiveness of an integrated tailored sensory-motor rehabilitation program (TsmRP) associated with botulinum toxin…“Two odd targets” strategy in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease with unilateral dystonia
Objective: To describe a patient underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) with different target in left and right. Background: DBS is a therapeutic option for movement…When DBS can be of benefit in Huntington’s disease
Objective: To report on a patient with HD and disabling truncal dystonia who was treated with bilateral GPi DBS. Background: HD is an autosomal-dominant disorder…Do predictors of good response to deep brain stimulation in primary cervical movement disorders exist?
Objective: To identify CMD patients' selection criteria predictive of a good response to CEN by retrospective analysis of a treated cohort. Background: Continuous Electrical Neuromodulation…Painful legs and moving toes (PLMT) treatment with topic capsaicin: A case report
Objective: To describe a case of painful legs and movement toes successfully treated with topical capsaicin. Background: A 77yo man with depression and dyslipidaemia complained…Sweet spot of antidystonic effect in pallidal neurostimulation
Objective: We investigated Volumes of Neural Activation (VNAs) in dystonia subjects under effective bilateral pallidum deep brain stimulation (DBS). We aimed to disentangle the sweet…Apraclonidine in blepharospasm
Objective: To describe improvement in blepharospasm with apraclonidine. Background: Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia involving chiefly the orbicularis oculi muscle resulting in involuntary sustained eyelid…Long-term effects of pallidal DBS in patients with primary dystonia
Objective: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) is an effective treatment for medically refractory dystonia and reduces not only motor impairment…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.