Dystonia: other treatments

Evidence-based neurology checklist on dystonia: other treatments: Non-surgical interventional treatments Sensory tricks Botulinum toxin Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) Transcranial direct current stimulation Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS): for writer's cramp…

Non-surgical interventional treatments

  • Sensory tricks
  • Botulinum toxin
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
  • Transcranial direct current stimulation
  • Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS): for writer's cramp

Miscellaneous non-drug interventions

Deep brain stimulation (DBS)

Selective peripheral nerve denervation procedures for cervical dystonia

Surgical procedures for blepharospasm

Surgical procedures for spasmodic dysphonia

Other treatments

References

  1. Albanese A, Asmus F, Bhatia KP, et al. EFNS guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of primary dystonias. Eur J Neurol 2011; 18:5-18.
  2. Delnooz CCS, van de Warrenburg BP. Current and future medical treatment in primary dystonia. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2012; 5:221-240.
  3. Vidailhet M, Jutras M-F, Grabli D, Roze E. Deep brain stimulation for dystonia. JNNP 2013; 84:1029-1042.
  4. Termsarasab P, Thammongkolchai T, Frucht SJ. Medical treatment of dystonia. J Clin Mov Disord 2016; 3:19.
  5. Mahajan A, Gonzalez DA, Stebbins GT, Comella C. Therapeutic benefit of sensory trick in cervical dystonia. Mov Disord CLin Pract 2023 (Online ahead of print).
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