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Safarpour D, Jabbari B. Botulinum toxin for motor disorders. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2023; 196:539-555. [PMID: 37620089 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-98817-9.00003-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Botulinum neurotoxins are a group of biological toxins produced by the gram-negative bacteria Clostridium botulinum. After intramuscular injection, they produce dose-related muscle relaxation, which has proven useful in the treatment of a large number of motor and movement disorders. In this chapter, we discuss the utility of botulinum toxin treatment in three major and common medical conditions related to the dysfunction of the motor system, namely dystonia, tremor, and spasticity. A summary of the existing literature is provided along with different techniques of injection including those recommended by the authors.
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- Delaram Safarpour
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
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Druzhinina OA, Zhukova NG, Shperling LP. [Non-motor conditions in patients with cervical dystonia]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2020; 120:7-13. [PMID: 33244951 DOI: 10.17116/jnevro20201201017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study non-motor conditions in people with diabetes in comparison with patients with cervicalgia. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 170 people. The main group consisted of 120 respondents with cervical dystonia (CD) aged 27 to 82 years. The diagnosis of CD was based on the Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dystonia adopted by the European Federation of Neurological Societies, the Society for Movement Disorders and the All-Russian Society of Neurologists. The control group included 50 patients, aged 25 to 82 years, with pain in the cervical spine due to muscle-tonic and myofascial syndromes. A Visual Analogue scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were administered to study the asthenic syndrome in all patients. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Pain, anxiety, depression, asthenic syndrome, insomnia are statistically significant non-motor conditions in patients with CD compared with patients with cervicalgia. CD significantly affects the physical and psychological aspects, worsening the quality of life of these patients. The following gender differences are identified: in women with CD, non-motor disorders (anxiety, depression, general and physical asthenia, insomnia) are significantly more pronounced and the quality of life is significantly reduced compared to men with CD. For the successful treatment of CD, a multimodal approach is needed that provides the treatment of not only motor, but also non-motor disorders. Early detection and treatment of comorbid conditions is an important step in the treatment of CD.
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- Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Regional Center for Extrapyramidal Diseases with Botulinum Therapy Room, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Karnik V, Del Gamba C, Jesuthasan A, Latorre A. Cervical Dystonia Following Injury to the Cerebellar Pontine Angle: An Instructive Case. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2019; 5:659-660. [PMID: 30637292 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 07/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A 38-year-old woman presented with cervical dystonia in the context of a recent surgery to remove a vestibular schwannoma. She initially presented to neurology with pain in the right arm, and MRI of the brain showed an incidental right-sided vestibular schwannoma (Video 1, Segment 1). An elective gamma-knife procedure was performed, which failed. Hydrocephalus requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion developed, and 3 years following the initial procedure the lesion was surgically excised. Surgery was further complicated by right middle cerebellar peduncle injury, extending to the cerebellopontine angle and marginally to the right pontine tegmentum, with subsequent mass effect on cerebellum displayed on follow-up MRI (Video 1, Segment 2). Six months later, the patient experienced forced head deviation to the right, with difficulty moving from this position. Examination revealed clear right-sided torticollis, with hypertrophy of the left sternocleidomastoid muscle. Cervical dystonia worsened with action and nearly resolved with the patient lying down. A clear geste antagoniste, where symptoms improved with the patient touching the side of her head, was present (Video 1, Segment 3). Findings consistent with injury to the cerebellar pathways were additionally exhibited. She demonstrated clear dysarthria, bilateral dysmetria, dysdiadochokinesia (worse on the right), and prominent gait ataxia (Video 1, Segment 4). Although a possible role of the schwannoma itself in the cervical dystonia pathogenesis cannot be entirely ruled out, the timing of signs, occurring soon after the postsurgical injury, suggest a prominent involvement of structures lying within the cerebellar pontine angle.
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- Vikram Karnik
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine University of Pisa Pisa Italy.,Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology London United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology London United Kingdom.,Department of Human Neurosciences Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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Dystonia: Are animal models relevant in therapeutics? Rev Neurol (Paris) 2018; 174:608-614. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Jinnah HA, Comella CL, Perlmutter J, Lungu C, Hallett M. Longitudinal studies of botulinum toxin in cervical dystonia: Why do patients discontinue therapy? Toxicon 2018; 147:89-95. [PMID: 28888929 PMCID: PMC5839920 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Numerous studies have established botulinum toxin (BoNT) to be safe and effective for the treatment of cervical dystonia (CD). Despite its well-documented efficacy, there has been growing awareness that a significant proportion of CD patients discontinue therapy. The reasons for discontinuation are only partly understood. METHODS This summary describes longitudinal studies that provided information regarding the proportions of patients discontinuing BoNT therapy, and the reasons for discontinuing therapy. The data come predominantly from un-blinded long-term follow-up studies, registry studies, and patient-based surveys. RESULTS All types of longitudinal studies provide strong evidence that BoNT is both safe and effective in the treatment of CD for many years. Overall, approximately one third of CD patients discontinue BoNT. The most common reason for discontinuing therapy is lack of benefit, often described as primary or secondary non-response. The apparent lack of response is only rarely related to true immune-mediated resistance to BoNT. Other reasons for discontinuing include side effects, inconvenience, cost, or other reasons. DISCUSSION Although BoNT is safe and effective in the treatment of the majority of patients with CD, approximately one third discontinue. The increasing awareness of a significant proportion of patients who discontinue should encourage further efforts to optimize administration of BoNT, to improve BoNT preparations to extend duration or reduce side effects, to develop add-on therapies that may mitigate swings in symptom severity, or develop entirely novel treatment approaches.
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- H A Jinnah
- Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Departments of Neurology, Radiology, Neuroscience, and Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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The mechanisms by which the human brain controls eye movements are reasonably well understood, but those for the head less so. Here, we show that the mechanisms for keeping the head aimed at a stationary target follow strategies similar to those for holding the eyes steady on stationary targets. Specifically, we applied the neural integrator hypothesis that originally was developed for holding the eyes still in eccentric gaze positions to describe how the head is held still when turned toward an eccentric target. We found that normal humans make head movements consistent with the neural integrator hypothesis, except that additional sensory feedback is needed, from proprioceptors in the neck, to keep the head on target. We also show that the complicated patterns of head movements in patients with cervical dystonia can be predicted by deficits in a neural integrator for head motor control. These results support ideas originally developed from animal studies that suggest fundamental similarities between oculomotor and cephalomotor control, as well as a conceptual framework for cervical dystonia that departs considerably from current clinical views.
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Jinnah HA, Berardelli A, Comella C, Defazio G, Delong MR, Factor S, Galpern WR, Hallett M, Ludlow CL, Perlmutter JS, Rosen AR. The focal dystonias: current views and challenges for future research. Mov Disord 2013; 28:926-43. [PMID: 23893450 PMCID: PMC3733486 DOI: 10.1002/mds.25567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The most common forms of dystonia are those that develop in adults and affect a relatively isolated region of the body. Although these adult-onset focal dystonias are most prevalent, knowledge of their etiologies and pathogenesis has lagged behind some of the rarer generalized dystonias, in which the identification of genetic defects has facilitated both basic and clinical research. This summary provides a brief review of the clinical manifestations of the adult-onset focal dystonias, focusing attention on less well understood clinical manifestations that need further study. It also provides a simple conceptual model for the similarities and differences among the different adult-onset focal dystonias as a rationale for lumping them together as a class of disorders while at the same time splitting them into subtypes. The concluding section outlines some of the most important research questions for the future. Answers to these questions are critical for advancing our understanding of this group of disorders and for developing novel therapeutics.
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- H A Jinnah
- Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Dystonia is defined as involuntary sustained muscle contractions producing twisting or squeezing movements and abnormal postures. The movements can be stereotyped and repetitive and they may vary in speed from rapid to slow; sustained contractions can result in fixed postures. Dystonic disorders are classified into primary and secondary forms. Several types of adult-onset primary dystonia have been identified but all share the characteristic that dystonia (including tremor) is the sole neurologic feature. The forms most commonly seen in neurological practice include cranial dystonia (blepharospasm, oromandibular and lingual dystonia and spasmodic dysphonia), cervical dystonia (also known as spasmodic torticollis) and writer's cramp. These are the disorders that benefit most from botulinum toxin injections. A general characteristic of dystonia is that the movements or postures may occur in relation to specific voluntary actions by the involved muscle groups (such as in writer's cramp). Dystonic contractions may occur in one body segment with movement of another (overflow dystonia). With progression, dystonia often becomes present at rest. Dystonic movements typically worsen with anxiety, heightened emotions, and fatigue, decrease with relaxation, and disappear during sleep. There may be diurnal fluctuations in the dystonia, which manifest as little or no involuntary movement in the morning followed by severe disabling dystonia in the afternoon and evening. Morning improvement (or honeymoon) is seen with several types of dystonia. Patients often discover maneuvers that reduce the dystonia and which involve sensory stimuli such as touching the chin lightly in cervical dystonia. These maneuvers are known as sensory tricks, or gestes antagonistes. This chapter focuses on adult-onset focal dystonias including cranial dystonia, cervical dystonia, and writer's cramp. The chapter begins with a review of the epidemiology of focal dystonias, followed by discussions of each major type of focal dystonia, covering clinical phenomenology, differential genetics, and diagnosis. The chapter concludes with discussions of the pathophysiology, the few pathological cases published of adult-onset focal dystonia and management options, and a a brief look at the future.
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- Marian L Evatt
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Lungu C, Tarulli AW, Tarsy D, Mongiovi P, Vanderhorst VG, Rutkove SB. Quantifying muscle asymmetries in cervical dystonia with electrical impedance: a preliminary assessment. Clin Neurophysiol 2010; 122:1027-31. [PMID: 20943436 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2010] [Revised: 08/10/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cervical dystonia (CD) lacks an objective quantitative measure. Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is a non-invasive assessment method sensitive to changes in muscle structure and physiology. We evaluate the potential role of EIM in quantifying CD, hypothesizing that patients would demonstrate differences in the symmetry of muscle electrical resistance compared to controls, and that this asymmetry would decrease after botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) treatment. METHODS EIM was performed on the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and cervical paraspinal (PS) muscles of CD patients and age-matched controls. 50 kHz resistance was analyzed, comparing side-to-side asymmetry in patients and controls, and, in patients, before and after BoNT treatment. RESULTS Sixteen patients and 10 controls were included. Resistance asymmetry was on average 3-5 times higher in patients than controls. Receiver operating characteristic analysis demonstrated 91% accuracy of discriminating CD from normal. From pre-treatment to maximum BoNT effect, asymmetry decreased from 20.8(13.9-26.1)% to 6.2(3.1-9.9)% (SCM), and from 16.0(14.3-16.0)% to 8.4(7.0-9.2)% (PS), p<0.05 (median, interquartile range). CONCLUSIONS EIM effectively differentiates normal subjects from CD patients by revealing asymmetries in resistance values and detects improvement in muscle symmetry after treatment. SIGNIFICANCE These results suggest that EIM, a painless, non-invasive measure, can provide a useful quantitative metric in CD evaluation and deserves further study.
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- Codrin Lungu
- Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States.
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Deitiker PR, Oshima M, Jankovic J, Duane DD, Aoki KR, Atassi MZ. Association of HLA Class II alleles and haplotypes with cervical dystonia: HLA DR13-DQ6 (DQB1*0604) homozygotes are at greatly increased risk of cervical dystonia in Caucasian Americans. Autoimmunity 2010; 44:167-76. [DOI: 10.3109/08916934.2010.509121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Late onset of cervical dystonia in a 39-year-old patient following cerebellar hemorrhage. J Neurol 2010; 258:149-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5685-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Revised: 07/18/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vogel TD, Pendleton C, Quinoñes-Hinojosa A, Cohen-Gadol AA. Surgery for cervical dystonia: the emergence of denervation and myotomy techniques and the contributions of early surgeons at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. J Neurosurg Spine 2010; 12:280-5. [DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.spine09276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cervical dystonia is a psychologically and physically disabling disease that has intrigued clinicians since the early history of surgery. Because of its elusive etiology, its operative treatment has had an extended evolutionary voyage. Early surgical approaches involved resection of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Later recognition of more diffuse involvement of the posterior neck muscles led to the introduction of new techniques with more effective results. A review of available surgical patient records at The Johns Hopkins Hospital from around the turn of the 20th century provided a glimpse of the early history of the operative treatment for torticollis through the work of some of the leaders of surgery, including Halsted, Cushing, and specifically Finney. Here, the authors present a segment of history on the surgical treatment of this disease as it relates to the introduction of myotomy and denervation techniques.
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- Todd D. Vogel
- 1Clarian Neuroscience Institute, Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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- 1Clarian Neuroscience Institute, Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
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Alpers JP, Massey JM. Cervical dystonia. FUTURE NEUROLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.2217/fnl.09.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cervical dystonia is a common disorder with significant associated morbidity. Although limited benefit can be derived from oral pharmacologic agents, the advent of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injection has provided a valuable tool in the treatment of this disorder. In order to provide effective treatment, the physician must have an intimate knowledge of the anatomy and function of the neck musculature. Novel BoNT formulations, even of the same serotype, are not equivalent and thus require careful dose titration. Formulation improvements may result in reduced immunoresistance. In patients labeled as treatment resistant to BoNT, careful electromyographic reassessment of select muscles for injection will frequently result in improved clinical benefit.
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- Joshua P Alpers
- 88th MDOS/SGOMU, 4881 Sugar Maple Drive, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
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- Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3403, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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