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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2021

The Dystonia Coalition: A Multicenter Network for Clinical and Translational Studies.

Gamze Kilic-Berkmen, Laura J Wright, Joel S Perlmutter, Cynthia Comella, Mark Hallett, Jan Teller, Sarah Pirio Richardson, David A Peterson, Carlos Cruchaga, Codrin Lungu and 1 more

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Collaborative Genomics for Dystonia in Central and Eastern Europe: Successes Achieved, New Frontiers Ahead.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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  2. Multicenter validation of the Italian Pain in Dystonia Scale in idiopathic adult-onset cervical dystonia.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  5. Abnormal Connectivity of the Head Neural Integrator in Cervical Dystonia.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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  6. Genetic Landscape of Dystonia in Asian Indians.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025
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  8. Sex Differences in Dystonia.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024
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  12. Interrater reliability of motor severity scales for hemifacial spasm.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023
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  14. What Is Hemidystonia?Movement disorders clinical practice · 2023
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  20. Hold that pose: capturing cervical dystonia's head deviation severity from video.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Gamze Kilic-BerkmenDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Laura J WrightDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Joel S PerlmutterDepartment of Neurology, Radiology, Neuroscience, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Cynthia ComellaDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States.
Mark HallettHuman Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
Jan TellerDystonia Medical Research Foundation, Chicago, IL, United States.
Sarah Pirio RichardsonDepartment of Neurology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
David A PetersonInstitute for Neural Computation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Carlos CruchagaDepartment of Psychiatry, Hope Center Program on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Codrin LunguDivision of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
H A JinnahDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Funding

Pathophysiology of Basal Ganglia DisordersZIANS003031 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI HALLETT, MARK · 2009 to 2023
$22.7M
Dystonia Coalition- Pilot ProjectU54NS116025 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JINNAH, HYDER A · 2019 to 2023
$7.1M
Dystonia CoalitionU54NS065701 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JINNAH, HYDER A · 2009 to 2014
$7.0M
Dystonia CoalitionU54TR001456 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JINNAH, HYDER A · 2015 to 2016
$2.5M
NCATS NIH HHS U54 TR001456NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS065701NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS116025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal postures, repetitive movements, or both. Research in dystonia has been challenged by several factors. First, dystonia is uncommon. Dystonia is not a single disorder but a family of heterogenous disorders with varied clinical manifestations and different causes. The different subtypes may be seen by providers in different clinical specialties including neurology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and others. These issues have made it difficult for any single center to recruit large numbers of subjects with specific types of dystonia for research studies in a timely manner. The Dystonia Coalition is a consortium of investigators that was established to address these challenges. Since 2009, the Dystonia Coalition has encouraged collaboration by engaging 56 sites across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Its emphasis on collaboration has facilitated establishment of international consensus for the definition and classification of all dystonias, diagnostic criteria for specific subtypes of dystonia, standardized evaluation strategies, development of clinimetrically sound measurement tools, and large multicenter studies that document the phenotypic heterogeneity and evolution of specific types of dystonia.

Indexed as

blepharospasmcervical dystoniadystonialaryngeal dystoniarare diseasesspasmodic dysphoniatorticolliswriter's cramp

Identifiers

PMID33897610
PMCPMC8060489

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