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How can neurophysiological studies help with movement disorders characterization in clinical practice? A review

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (8), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Neurophysiological studies are ancillary tools to better understand the features and nature of movement disorders. Electromyography (EMG), together with electroencephalography (EEG) and accelerometer, can be used to evaluate a hypo and hyperkinetic spectrum of movements. Specific t...

Resting Tremor after Mild Head Injury: Case Report

Arq. bras. neurocir; 38 (1), 2019
Over the past few decades, it has been recognized that traumatic brain injury (TBI) may result in various movement disorders. However, moderate or mild TBI only rarely causes persistent post-traumatic movement disorders. In the present report, we describe a case of secondary tremor due to amild head inju...

Understanding dystonia: diagnostic issues and how to overcome them

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (11), 2016
ABSTRACT The diagnosis and treatment of dystonia are challenging. This is likely due to gaps in the complete understanding of its pathophysiology, lack of animal models for translational studies, absence of a consistent pathological substrate and highly variable phenotypes and genotypes. The aim of this ...

Unusual motor and non-motor symptoms and signs in the early stage of Parkinson's disease

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (10), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) may present with unusual motor and non-motor symptoms and signs in the early stage of the disease. Methods Cases were collected over a five-year period at two tertiary movement disorders clinics. All had a diagnosis of PD with unusual pr...