Cervical dystonia responsive to acoustic and galvanic vestibular stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1495-1499

  Rosengren, Sally M ^a   Colebatch, James G ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Cervical dystonia; Galvanic; VEMP; Vestibular reflexes

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; PHENOTHIAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GALVANIC CURRENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; TORTICOLLIS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 33750339334     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20982     Document Type: Article

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