"Dystonia" 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.
An attitude or posture due to the co-contraction of agonists and antagonist muscles in one region of the body. It most often affects the large axial muscles of the trunk and limb girdles. Conditions which feature persistent or recurrent episodes of dystonia as a primary manifestation of disease are referred to as DYSTONIC DISORDERS. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p77)
| Descriptor ID |
D004421
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.350.300 C23.888.592.350.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dystonia- Dystonia
- Muscle Dystonia
- Dystonia, Muscle
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dystonia" by people in Profiles.
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Interrater reliability of motor severity scales for hemifacial spasm. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2023 10; 130(10):1269-1279.
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Determinants of gait dystonia severity in cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2023 07; 65(7):968-977.
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Twelve Drummers Drumming? With Dystonia. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2021 02 08; 11:6.
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Dystonia and Tremor: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Dystonia Coalition Cohort. Neurology. 2021 01 26; 96(4):e563-e574.
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Systematic review of botulinum toxin treatment for oromandibular dystonia. Toxicon. 2018 Jun 01; 147:96-99.
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Dystonia: Then and now. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2018 Jan; 46 Suppl 1:S66-S69.
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Secured web-based video repository for multicenter studies. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 Apr; 21(4):366-71.
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Beyond a motor disorder: a prospective evaluation of sleep quality in cervical dystonia. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Apr; 20(4):405-8.
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Designing clinical trials for dystonia. Neurotherapeutics. 2014 Jan; 11(1):117-27.
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Dystonia rating scales: critique and recommendations. Mov Disord. 2013 Jun 15; 28(7):874-83.