A Case Report of Painless Moving Toes Syndrome
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This is the first report of a case of painless moving toes syndrome with radiculopathy. The patient presented with bilateral painless moving toes and unilateral subclinical sacral (S1) radiculopathy. Bilateral movements with the unilateral lesion, and fluctuation with postural changes and distant muscle contraction suggest that the underlying pathomechanism was a central reorganization in the spinal level.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of Clinical Neurology (Seoul, Korea)
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008