ArticleJournal of movement disorders2022
Premonitory Urges Reconsidered: Urge Location Corresponds to Tic Location in Patients With Primary Tic Disorders.
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- Premonitory urge in tic disorders - a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of transcranial magnetic stimulation in Tourette syndrome.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Pooled it
- Beyond the Homunculus-SCAN-AMN as a Shared Action-Oriented Neural Substrate across Movement Disorders.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026Article
- "I swear it's not Tourette's!" - it is time to rethink coprolalia in Tourette syndrome.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- [Update on tic disorders and Tourette syndrome].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Review
- A critical role of action-related functional networks in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.Nature communications · 2024Article
- We've all been wrong about provisional tic disorder.Comprehensive psychiatry · 2024Article
- Validation and assessment of the self-injurious behavior scale for tic disorders (SIBS-T).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Premonitory Urge in Patients with Tics and Functional Tic-like Behaviors.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Functional Tic-Like Behaviors: A Common Comorbidity in Patients with Tourette Syndrome.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Sensory Phenomenon Assessment Scale: a new tool for assessment of tic-associated sensations.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Door-to-door Video-Enhanced Prevalence Study of Tourette Disorder Among African Americans.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2024Article
- Premonitory Urge and Tic Severity, Comorbidities, and Quality of Life in Chronic Tic Disorders.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2023Article
- Clinical evaluation of premonitory urges in children and adolescents using the Chinese version of Individualized Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mass social media-induced illness presenting with Tourette-like behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveIn patients with Tourette syndrome and other primary tic disorders (PTDs), tics are typically preceded by premonitory urges (PUs). To date, only a few studies have investigated the location and frequency of PUs, and contrary to clinical experience, the results suggest that PUs are not located in the same anatomic region as the tics. This study aimed to further explore PU location and frequency in detail, differentiating the kind and complexity of the corresponding tics, in a large sample of patients with PTD.
methodsA total of 291 adult (≥ 18 years) patients with a confirmed diagnosis of chronic PTD were included. The study was conducted online, assement included tics and the general characterization of PUs and a sophisticated body drawing for locating PUs.
resultsWe found that PUs were located in the same body area as, or in direct proximity to, the corresponding tic. Most frequently, PUs were located in the face and at the head (62.1%). Compared with simple tics, complex (motor and vocal) tics were more often preceded by a PU; but there was no difference in PU frequency observed between motor tics and vocal tics. PUs were more often experienced at the front than at the back of the body (73% vs. 27%), while there was no difference between the right and left sides (41.6% vs. 41.3%).
conclusionThe strong association between PU and tic location further supports the hypothesis that PUs represent the core of PTD. Accordingly, future therapies should focus on treating PUs to achieve greater tic reduction.
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