Head tremor and pain in cervical dystonia

Background Although head tremor (HT) and pain are prevalent in cervical dystonia (CD), their joint relationship to phenotypic features of focal dystonia remains unclear. Objectives We examined how severity of HT and pain are associated with age of CD onset and duration, and whether HT subtypes (“jer...

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Published in:Journal of neurology 2021-05, Vol.268 (5), p.1945-1950
Main Authors: Vu, Jeanne P., Lee, Ha Yeon, Chen, Qiyu, Cisneros, Elizabeth, Barbano, Richard L., Goetz, Christopher G., Jankovic, Joseph, Jinnah, Hyder A., Perlmutter, Joel S., Berman, Brian D., Appelbaum, Mark I., Stebbins, Glenn T., Comella, Cynthia L., Peterson, David A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age
Dystonia
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Original Communication
Pain
Retrospective Studies
Torticollis
Torticollis - complications
Torticollis - epidemiology
Tremor
Tremor - epidemiology
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Summary:Background Although head tremor (HT) and pain are prevalent in cervical dystonia (CD), their joint relationship to phenotypic features of focal dystonia remains unclear. Objectives We examined how severity of HT and pain are associated with age of CD onset and duration, and whether HT subtypes (“jerky” or “regular”) exhibit distinct relationships between severity of HT and pain. Methods The severity of HT and pain were assessed with the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale in retrospective review of 188 CD patients recruited through the Dystonia Coalition. Results HT severity was associated with longer CD duration ( p  
ISSN:0340-5354
1432-1459
DOI:10.1007/s00415-020-10378-5