کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3044258 1184995 2011 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
TENS is harmful in primary writing tremor
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی عصب شناسی
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TENS is harmful in primary writing tremor
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveIt is unclear whether primary writing tremor (PWT) is a tremulous form of dystonia or a tremor per se. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) at 50 Hz applied for 2 weeks was reported to improve the writing capabilities of patients with writer’s cramp (WC). We explored whether such a beneficial effect can be obtained in patients with a PWT.MethodsIn a cross-over, double-blinded randomized study we tested whether 2-week periods of 5, 25 or 50 Hz TENS applied to wrist flexor muscles, improved the score of the Fahn–Tolosa–Marin scale of nine patients with PWT. Excitability of neurons and of various intracortical circuits in the motor cortex were also tested before and after TENS by using transcranial magnetic stimulation.ResultsTENS at 5 and 25 Hz did not have any effect while TENS at 50 Hz worsened the clinical condition and the cortical excitability.ConclusionsTENS is not a new treatment alternative for PWT.SignificanceThe beneficial effect in WC and the harmful one in PWT of TENS stresses that the two disorders are likely different nosological entities.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Clinical Neurophysiology - Volume 122, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 171–175
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