Oscillatory head movements in cervical dystonia: Dystonia, tremor, or both?
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Oscillatory head movements in cervical dystonia: Dystonia, tremor, or both?
Cervical dystonia is characterized by abnormal posturing of the head, often combined with tremor-like oscillatory head movements. The nature and source of these oscillatory head movements is controversial, so they were quantified to delineate their characteristics and develop a hypothetical model for their genesis. A magnetic search coil system was used to measure head movements in 14 subjects ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Movement Disorders
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.26231