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Integration of osteopathic manual treatments in management of cervical dystonia with tremor: A case series

Journal: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements Date: 2017/01, 7. doi: Subito , type of study: case report

Free full text   (https://tremorjournal.org/article/10.5334/tohm.354/)

Keywords:

tremor [5]
cervical dystonia [5]
torticollis [21]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [2973]
OMT [2951]
cranio cerebral trauma [1]
movement disorders [3]
cervical spine [210]
botulinum toxins [2]
case study [5]

Abstract:

Background: Cervical dystonia, also known as spasmodic torticollis, is a chronic disorder in which patients exhibit involuntary repetitive contractions of neck muscles resulting in abnormal postures or movements. Occasionally, there is also a dystonic head tremor. The underlying mechanisms for cervical dystonia and dystonic tremor are not clear, and treatments are limited. Case Report: In the present cases, two females with head tremor starting in adolescence developed worsening symptoms of cervical dystonia with dystonic tremor in their 60s. On osteopathic physical examination, both had a vertical type strain to the sphenobasilar synchondrosis. Discussion: Vertical strains are more frequently found in patients after head trauma, congenital or later in life, than in healthy patients, and head trauma may have been a precipitating factor in these patients. There were improvements in cervical dystonia symptoms, including tremor, in both patients after osteopathic manual treatment. © 2017 Halimi et al.


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