Fractal analysis of muscle ultrasound imaging to evaluate muscle health and spasticity
Objective: The aim was to assess the capabilities of using fractal analysis of neuromuscular ultrasound images to evaluate muscle health and spasticity. Background: Ultrasound (US)…Phenotyping spasticity-associated tonic spasms: implications for therapy
Objective: To evaluate common phenotypes of tonic spasms (TS) in patients with spasticity and inform therapeutic interventions. Background: Spasticity can be associated with several hyperkinetic…Shear wave sonoelastography is effective in detecting myofascial trigger points and spasticity
Objective: The aim was to evaluate effectiveness of shear wave sonoelastography is effective in detecting myofascial trigger points (MTrP) and spasticity. Background: Ultrasound (US) revolutionized…Perceptions of burden of spasticity and treatment satisfaction among post-stroke patients over the course of a botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) treatment cycle: An ethnographic study
Objective: To design an ethnographic study following patients over a botulinum toxin type-A (BoNT-A) treatment cycle to inform individualized treatment. Background: The concept of individualized…MDSGene Systematic Review: Genotype-Phenotype Relations for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Genes SPAST, ATL1 & REEP1
Objective: To provide a comprehensive systematic review of the genotype-phenotype association in the most common three autosomal dominant genes of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP): SPAST,…Heterozygous mutation in CCDC88C gene as a cause of early onset pure hereditary spastic paraplegia
Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the molecular diagnosis of a Sudanese lady presenting with pyramidal signs and symptoms using whole exome…Spastic Paraplegia Type 64: a Case Series
Objective: to present four cases (two families) with a likely diagnosis of spastic paraplegia type 64 (SPG 64), broadening this disease phenotype. Background: SPG64 is…Neuropathological findings in a SPG4 gene mutation carrier
Objective: To describe the clinical and neuropathological findings of a patient carrier of a mutation in the SPG4 gene. Background: Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) linked…Associated movements disorders to Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) in a case series from South Spain
Objective: Describe different movement disorders associated with HSP in a series from the south Spain. Background: HSP englobe a heterogeneous group of diseases. Different movement…Hereditary spastic paraplegia 11 is easy to be misdiagnosed as adult metachromatic leukodystrophy
Objective: To report a case of a 32-year-old woman with progressive spastic paraparesis who was misdiagnosed initially as adult onset metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) Background: MLD…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.