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Sensory trick imagery as an additional treatment for involuntary neck muscle contractions (cervical dystonia)

Sensory trick imagery as an adjunctive treatment modality in cervical dystonia – an open pilot study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN98880772
Enrollment
80
Registered
2021-02-25
Start date
2016-06-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-03-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Alleviation of cervical dystonia Nervous System Diseases

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
Lead Sponsor

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

MeasureTime 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

MeasureTime 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

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026