Alleviation of cervical dystonia Nervous System Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Cervical dystonia patients are provided a questionnaire to obtain information about their dystonia and to identify whether they had a sensory trick.
Those with a sensory trick are ask
Sponsors
Toronto Western Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of cervical dystonia 2. Working fluency in the english language
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to consent 2. Enrolment in other interventional dystonia research study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| For patients who have completed both follow-up visit (baseline and second visit at 3 - 9 months), two movement disorders neurologists will independently rate the videos for the severity of dystonia using the Tsui scale at 6 time points: (a) baseline at first visit, (b) manual sensory trick at first visit, (c) imagined sensory trick at first visit, (d) baseline at second visit, (e) manual sensory trick at second visit and (f) imagined sensory trick at second visit. The videos will be presented in random order and the raters will be blind to the order in which the recordings are made. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At both visits (baseline and visit 3 - 9 months afterwards), pain and disability are measured using the Pain Subscale and Disability Subscale of the Toronto Western Spasmotic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS) will be completed. | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed