 Torticollis
"Torticollis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors.
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D014103
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.662.300.750 C10.597.350.300.800 C23.888.592.350.300.800
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| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torticollis" by people in Profiles.
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Benadof CN, Cisneros E, Appelbaum MI, Stebbins GT, Comella CL, Peterson DA. Sensory Tricks Are Associated with Higher Sleep-Related Quality of Life in Cervical Dystonia. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2019; 9.
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Merola A, Dwivedi AK, Shaikh AG, Tareen TK, Da Prat GA, Kauffman MA, Hampf J, Mahajan A, Marsili L, Jankovic J, Comella CL, Berman BD, Perlmutter JS, Jinnah HA, Espay AJ. Head tremor at disease onset: an ataxic phenotype of cervical dystonia. J Neurol. 2019 Aug; 266(8):1844-1851.
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Mahajan A, Jankovic J, Marsh L, Patel A, Jinnah HA, Comella C, Barbano R, Perlmutter J, Patel N. Cervical dystonia and substance abuse. J Neurol. 2018 Apr; 265(4):970-975.
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Espay AJ, Trosch R, Suarez G, Johnson J, Marchese D, Comella C. Minimal clinically important change in the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2018 07; 52:94-97.
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Jinnah HA, Comella CL, Perlmutter J, Lungu C, Hallett M. Longitudinal studies of botulinum toxin in cervical dystonia: Why do patients discontinue therapy? Toxicon. 2018 Jun 01; 147:89-95.
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Trosch RM, Espay AJ, Truong D, Gil R, Singer C, LeWitt PA, Lew MF, Tagliati M, Adler CH, Chen JJ, Marchese D, Comella CL. Multicenter observational study of abobotulinumtoxinA neurotoxin in cervical dystonia: The ANCHOR-CD registry. J Neurol Sci. 2017 May 15; 376:84-90.
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Simpson DM, Hallett M, Ashman EJ, Comella CL, Green MW, Gronseth GS, Armstrong MJ, Gloss D, Potrebic S, Jankovic J, Karp BP, Naumann M, So YT, Yablon SA. Practice guideline update summary: Botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, adult spasticity, and headache: Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2016 May 10; 86(19):1818-26.
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Comella CL, Perlmutter JS, Jinnah HA, Waliczek TA, Rosen AR, Galpern WR, Adler CA, Barbano RL, Factor SA, Goetz CG, Jankovic J, Reich SG, Rodriguez RL, Severt WL, Zurowski M, Fox SH, Stebbins GT. Clinimetric testing of the comprehensive cervical dystonia rating scale. Mov Disord. 2016 Apr; 31(4):563-9.
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Bledsoe IO, Comella CL. Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Cervical Dystonia. Semin Neurol. 2016 Feb; 36(1):47-53.
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Comella C, Bhatia K. An international survey of patients with cervical dystonia. J Neurol. 2015; 262(4):837-48.
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