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| العنوان: |
Posturographic Findings in Patients with Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia before and after Local Injections with Botulinum Toxin. |
| المؤلفون: |
Wöber, Christian1, Schnider, Peter2, Steinhoff, Nikolaus2, Trattnig, Siegfried3, Zebenholzer, Karin1, Auff, Eduard2 |
| المصدر: |
European Neurology. 1999, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p194-200. 7p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*DYSTONIA, *EXTRAPYRAMIDAL disorders, *BOTULINUM toxin, *TORTICOLLIS, *NECK diseases, *PATIENTS |
| مستخلص: |
In this posturographic study, whole-body postural control was impaired in more than 75% of patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia (ICD) before local injections with botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) and the impairment was independent of the direction of the torticollis. Six weeks after therapy with BTX-A, the number of pathological posturographic parameters had decreased by almost 30%, and the improvement reached statistical significance for sway path, sway area and anteroposterior sway during stance on foam with eyes closed. From a pathophysiological point of view, this improvement may be explained – at least in part – by a reduction of abnormal proprioceptive input from the neck. Accordingly, it seems possible that neck proprioceptive input plays a role in whole-body postural control in ICD patients, even though previous studies suggested that the neck input is relatively ignored in these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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