Differentiating Essential and Dystonic Head Tremor: Exploring Arm Position Effects

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RIV/68407700:21230/25:00378174 RIV/68407700:21460/25:00378174 RIV/00216208:11110/25:10488878
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.14269" target="_blank" >10.1002/mdc3.14269</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Differentiating Essential and Dystonic Head Tremor: Exploring Arm Position Effects
Original language description
Background: Head tremor poses diagnostic problems, especially when present as an isolated or predominant symptom. Objectives: To assess how maneuvers activating upper limb postural tremor can help differentiate head tremor in essential tremor (ET) from dystonic tremor (DT) in cervical dystonia. Methods: 48 patients with head tremor (25 ET, 23 DT), underwent clinical examination and accelerometric evaluation of head and upper limb tremor during routine tremor-inducing tasks. Results: While accelerometric power and clinical scores of head tremor did not significantly differ between patient groups, task-induced variations revealed distinctions. ET patients exhibited increased head tremor power and clinical scores during forward outstretched and lateral wing-beating arm positions, unlike DT patients. Coherence between head and upper limb tremor remained consistent. Tremor stability index showed no significant differences. Conclusions: Task-induced changes in head tremor could aid in distinguishing between ET and DT. Further research is needed to refine diagnostic approaches for head tremor.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project
<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5107" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5107: National institute for Neurological Research</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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