Neuroimaging in idiopathic adult-onset focal dystonia

We aimed to study the attitude of Italian neurologists in use conventional MRI patients with idiopathic adult-onset focal dystonia. Patients were included Dystonia Registry by experts working different centers. was available for 1045 1471 (71%) analysis. Using logistic regression analysis, we found that more likely be performed cervical dystonia, spasmodic dysphonia, or non-task-specific upper limb whereas it less blepharospasm task-specific did not find differences number MRIs between neurological centers Northern, Central, and Southern Italy. conclude although diagnosis dystonia is mainly based on clinical grounds, many movement disorder rely confirm a suggest neuroimaging should used rule out secondary forms.