Similarity of Involuntary Postures between Different Children with Dystonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Abnormal involuntary postures are characteristic of dystonia, but the specific postures observed clinically have not previously been categorized or enumerated. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is a set of specific postures that are common between different children with dystonia.

Methods

Videotapes were examined from all children who were seen in a pediatric movement disorders clinic over a 4-year period and had a diagnosis of nonpsychogenic dystonia. In total, 179 children were included in the video review.

Results

Visually similar postures were identified in 152 different children. Seven different common postures were identified. All 152 children exhibited at least 1 of these postures, and most had more than 1.

Conclusions

SUBMITTER: Sanger TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407060 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature