Dystonic Posturing: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Dystonic Posturing

Muscle tone is often increased, and a catatonic state with dystonic and/or cataleptic postures may be encountered. [dx.doi.org]

(dystonic, extension), muscle rigidity, or increased tone 47 Other † 25 Autonomic instability ‡ 69 Central hypoventilation 66 During the first 3 weeks of symptom presentation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Most patients appear confused, restless, agitated, with frequent paranoid or delusional thoughts sometimes alternating with quiet staring and dystonic or catatonic postures [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Autosomal Recessive Spastic Paraplegia Type 56

postures Perioral & leg paraesthesias No ataxia Duration: 20 minutes Frequency: 2x/day to 2x/year Precipitated by: Exercise; Stress; Alcohol; Lack of sleep Treatment: ? [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]

[…] disorders SLC2A1 protein Glucose & Dehydroascorbic acid transporter Clinical features Onset: 2 to 15 years Spasticity between episodes: 30% Episodes Involuntary movements & Dystonic [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]

Adult-Onset Dystonia - Parkinsonism

]; additional symptoms may include postural abnormalities, dysautonomia [symptoms caused by malfunction of the autonomic nervous system], dystonic cramps, and dementia. [flybase.org]

Symptoms worsen over time and include resting tremor, muscular rigidity, bradykinesia [abnormal slowness of movement], and postural instability [impaired balance and coordination [flybase.org]

Versive Seizure

[…] side same as that of dystonic posturing. [neurologyindia.com]

Key words : Lateralising signs, Dystonic posturing, Complex partial seizures. [bioline.org.br]

Contralateral dystonic posture was observed in 47 events (48.5%). [jkna.org]

Writer's Cramp

PURPOSE: Writer's cramp describes a task-specific dystonia, in which the act of writing initiates dystonic posturing of the hands. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] wrist posture. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Frequently, the dystonic postures are confounded by compensatory muscle activity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Infantile Convulsions and Choreoathetosis

postures of thetrunk. [docslide.com.br]

These attacks usually have onset during childhood or early adulthood and can involve dystonic postures, chorea, or athetosis. [mendelian.co]

AHC patients have exhibited various paroxysmal symptoms which manifest to different degrees in each person. dystonic posturing, choreoathetosis, occular nystagmus, and various [eng.ichacha.net]

Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia

A 17-year-old male began to show a dystonic posture in both his upper limbs when walking at age 12 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Four months later, he developed episodes of paroxysmal dystonic posturing of his left arm, which increased in frequency reaching 2 or 3 attacks per hour. [journals.lww.com]

Case Presentation 1 A 22-year-old male, fresh paramilitary recruit, without any significant past, personal or family history presented with episodes of dystonic posturing, [austinpublishinggroup.com]

Paroxysmal Exertion-Induced Dyskinesia

The lower limbs were remarkably free from dystonic posturing. The neurological examination was otherwise unremarkable. [neurologyindia.com]

The remaining 10 examined members of the family were not affected by PED, but two had dystonic posturing and mild chorea in the arms, one had dystonic posturing and position [doi.org]

Lance also described three members in a family who developed dystonic postures lasting 5 to 20 minutes, after prolonged exercise. [neurologyindia.com]

Adult-Onset Cervical Dystonia Type DYT23

The dystonic tremor may not be relieved by allowing the abnormal dystonic posture to fully develop without resistance (null point). [vdocuments.net]

Abnormal postures can be present in several disorders without representing an involuntary dystonic muscle contraction. [docplayer.net]

Mirror dystonia Mirror dystonia is a unilateral posture or movement that is the same or similar in character to a dystonic feature that can be elicited, usually in the more [vdocuments.net]

Paroxysmal Non-Kinesigenic Dyskinesia

The case is presented of a twelve year-old female with paroxysmal episodes of tongue torsion and dystonic postures of the upper limbs when start running or descending stairs [pesquisa.bvsalud.org]

Typically, the attack started with dystonic posturing of either the left hand and wrist or of the left foot and ankle, spreading proximally. [neurologyindia.com]

Proximal Myopathy with Extrapyramidal Signs

posturing and orofacial dyskinesia. [uniprot.org]

While the muscle weakness is static, most patients develop progressive extrapyramidal signs, including chorea, tremor, dystonic posturing and orofacial dyskinesia, that may [flybase.org]

Most patients develop subtle extrapyramidal motor signs that progress to a debilitating disorder of involuntary movement with variable features, including chorea, tremor, dystonic [uniprot.org]

Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood

Evidence from recent studies suggests the disorder is characterized by tonic fits, dystonic posturing, and ocular motor abnormalities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Intellectual impairment, dysarthria, dystonic posturing, and a wide-based gait had been slowly progressive, but they had been stable since he turned twenty. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Note: Such as tonic spells, dystonic posturing, choreoathetoid movements, nystagmus or other ocular motor abnormalities and/or autonomic disturbances. [ichd-3.org]

Postictal State

Manual automatisms too. or unilateral dystonic posturing of my limbs – could be one or more. most auras and automatisms last a very short period—seconds or 1-2 minutes. [lopezdonado.bandcamp.com]

posturing. [link.springer.com]

[…] position, as unilateral dystonic posturing (UDP). [scielo.br]

Abdominal Epilepsy

There is frequent dystonic posturing or spasm of the arm which is contralateral to the seizure discharge, and this is a useful lateralizing sign. [doi.org]

Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome

Each patient had spastic gait, dysarthria, dystonic posturing of both arms and generalized hyperreflexia, but no Kayser-Fleischer rings or retinitis pigmentosa. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Inheritance: autosomal recessive Clinical features: (1) occurrence in children and adolescents (2) extrapyramidal findings (dystonic postures, muscular rigidity, choreoathetosis [medicalalgorithms.com]

Oromandibular Dystonia

Eight other patients developed toritocollis, dystonic posturing of the arms, or involvement of respiratory muscles. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Despite an incomplete understanding of the neurological mechanisms underlying dystonia, relief of dystonic posturing and associated pain and discomfort has improved markedly [emedicine.medscape.com]

Later, individuals may show dystonic postures and movements while walking and ultimately even while they are relaxed. [clevelandclinic.org]

Occupational Cramps

Occupational dystonia is one form of focal dystonia where dystonic postures and movements occur while performing a specific act. [healthdrip.com]

For example, if writing activates the dystonia, as soon as the person picks up a pen or within writing a few words, dystonic postures of the hand begin to impede the speed [dystonia.ie]

Sometimes the modification of posture and even facial expressions may affect dystonic spasms in the hand. Cause There is no one isolated cause of hand and limb dystonia. [dystoniacanada.org]

Primary Orthostatic Tremor

posturing, memory impairment, or other mild neurologic signs of unknown significance that do not suffice to make an additional syndrome classification or diagnosis. [online.epocrates.com]

In some of these cases, patients have dystonic posturing of the limb in conjunction with tremor, or focal dystonia with dystonic tremor. [nm.org]

The video shows a jerky asymmetrical postural tremor with dystonic posturing of the right upper limb, and jerky dystonic head tremor. Video 2. Patient 6, Video Clip B. [tremorjournal.org]

Lethal Infantile Mitochondrial Myopathy

He had a broad based gait with limb incoordination and he exhibited generalised dystonic posturing. There was no clinical evidence of a myopathy. [jnnp.bmj.com]

Epilepsy Exam: MS – impaired language, follows only simple 1-word commands CNs – abnormal dystonic posturing of head with neck rotation Strength full but tone increased, [slideplayer.com]

Clinical examination when aged 29 disclosed a salt and pepper type retinopathy, cerebellar ataxia, mild spasticity in all four limbs, and intermittent dystonic posturing of [jnnp.bmj.com]

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

posturing versive head turning Postictal phase Postictal phase is also variable, and symptoms are largely determined by the location of the ictal lesion. [radiopaedia.org]

Four electro-clinical characteristics (age at epilepsy onset, febrile seizures, memory dysfunction and contralateral dystonic posturing) distinguished "HS only" from "lesional [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] relatively specific features may be observed: automatisms stereotyped motor behaviors, typically of the mouth or hands seen in 40-80% of cases 2 language alterations unilateral dystonic [radiopaedia.org]

Focal-Onset Impaired-Awareness Seizure

Version occurred in 11 of the 41 CPS to the same side as the dystonic posturing and always followed the posturing. [n.neurology.org]

posturing (100%); postictal palsy (93%) Ipsilateral - Postictal nose wiping (92%) Nondominant lobe - Ictal spitting (75%), ictal vomiting (81%), ictal speech (83%) Dominant [emedicine.medscape.com]

Unilateral dystonic posturing occurs frequently in CPS of temporal lobe onset and is a lateralizing sign with a high degree of specificity. [n.neurology.org]

Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy Type 8

posturing of his hands, and action myoclonus, mainly in his upper limbs (Video 1). [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Neurological exam disclosed dysarthria, truncal and appendicular ataxia, bilateral horizonto‐torsional nystagmus, choreoatethoic movements in his fingers, slight dystonic [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Oppenheim Disease

Symptoms: The chief symptoms are dystonic posture and dystonic movements. [medigoo.com]

[…] with violent dyskinetic movements in addition to dystonic posture. [emedicine.medscape.com]

"Dystonic posture" is the term used if the endposition of a dystonic movement is maintained for any length of time. Eventuallythis may lead to contracture deformities. [medigoo.com]

Central Fever

The present case of hyperpyrexia associated with dystonic posturing and sustained muscle contraction in a child with encephalopathy illustrates the importance of recognizing [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cerebral Calcification - Cerebellar Hypoplasia

Movement disorders like dystonic postures and spontaneous Moro reflex were also noticed. [frontiersin.org]

Dystonic postures were frequent. There was moderate psychomotor delay with developmental quotient (DQ) of 35. [frontiersin.org]

It presents with changeable muscle tone, dystonic postures, choreoathetoid hyperkinesias that start during early infancy. [frontiersin.org]

PRRT2-Associated Paroxysmal Movement Disorder

Sandifer Syndrome

The dystonic posturing of the neck and trunk was initially misinterpreted as a component of their neurologic disorder. [web.archive.org]

The most common symptoms reported are irritability, dysphagia, and dystonic postures. [healio.com]

The dystonic movements are characterised by abnormal posturing of the head and neck (torticollis) and severe arching of the spine. [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Multifocal Dystonia

Later, individuals may show dystonic postures and movements while walking and ultimately even while they are relaxed. [ninds.nih.gov]

Initially, dystonic movements may be intermittent and appear only during voluntary movements or stress. [ninds.nih.gov]

Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

In this type of HMS tonic or dystonic posturing are rare presented. [omicsonline.org]

posturing, or complex movements (pelvic thrusting, pedaling, choreoathetoid, and ballistic movements of the limbs). [orpha.net]

The patient violently rocks her legs, presents a dystonic posture of the arms and an asymmetric grimace. The seizure lasts 40 s. [academic.oup.com]

Myoclonus-Dystonia Syndrome 11

On examination, multifocal jerks in the upper limbs and neck and dystonic posturing along with gross graphospasm were seen in the patient. [annalsofian.org]

[…] with violent dyskinetic movements in addition to dystonic posture. [emedicine.medscape.com]

DYT11 is characterized by involuntary lightning jerks and dystonic movements and postures alleviated by alcohol. Inheritance is autosomal dominant. [uniprot.org]