The Symptomatic Treatment of Acquired Dystonia: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acquired dystonia is caused by an acquired or exogenous event. Although the therapeutic armamentarium used in clinical practice is more or less similar to that used for inherited or idiopathic dystonia, formal proof of the efficacy of these interventions in acquired dystonia is lacking.

Methods

The authors attempt to provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the current evidence for medical and allied health care treatment strategies in acquired dystonias. The PubMed, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Web of Science, PiCarta, and PsycINFO databases were searched up to December 2015, including randomized controlled trials, patient-control studies, and case series or single case reports containing a report on clinical outcome.

Results

There are level 3 practi

SUBMITTER: van den Heuvel CNAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178600 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature