Pathophysiology of Involuntary Movements

Involuntary movements of pelvic stump

Although involuntary movements of stumps are less frequent than phantom sensation or other neurological sequelae of limb amputation, they represent a phenomenon that has been known for many years. The pathophysiology remains unknown, but it seems to be related to damage to the peripheral nervous system. Treatment is not standardized, but antimyoclonic drugs seem to be useful.

Nonketotic hyperglycemia with involuntary movements

The surgical treatment of abnormal involuntary movements.

In the past twenty-five years it has been my pleasure to work with many young Japanese surgeons who have visited our clinics and laboratories in Chicago. Naturally I have been delighted to note the progress which each one of these has made after his return home to Japan. Now I find them occupying posts of great importance and responsibility in your hospitals and medical schools. Among these men...

Awareness of involuntary movements in Huntington disease.

OBJECTIVE To determine why patients with Huntington disease are apparently unaware of their involuntary movements. DESIGN Correlative study using a subjective report questionnaire of physical symptoms and objective measures of neurologic and cognitive dysfunction. PATIENTS Forty patients with Huntington disease attending a regional Huntington disease clinic. RESULTS Patients were poor at ...

Cortical activities associated with voluntary movements and involuntary movements.

Recent advance in non-invasive techniques including electrophysiology and functional neuroimaging has enabled investigation of control mechanism of voluntary movements and pathophysiology of involuntary movements in human. Epicortical recording with subdural electrodes in epilepsy patients complemented the findings obtained by the non-invasive techniques. Before self-initiated simple movement, ...