SynthesisToxins2022
Physiotherapy for Cervical Dystonia: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in Toxins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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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.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of physiotherapy for patients with isolated cervical dystonia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Physiotherapy for Cervical Dystonia: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.Toxins · 2022Pooled it
- Preventing Parkinson's disease in the context of movement disorders: a narrative review of current evidence and future directions.Neurological research and practice · 2026Review
- Factors influencing botulinum toxin response in cervical dystonia: a two-center GAS-based study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Observational
- Nationwide Trends in Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Among Patients with Cervical Dystonia in Korea: A 7-Year Analysis Using Health Insurance Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- External Factors Modulating Pain and Pain-Related Functional Impairment in Cervical Dystonia.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Longitudinal predictors of health-related quality of life in isolated dystonia.Journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Acupuncture for cervical dystonia associated with anxiety and depression: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Impact of Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Pain in Cervical Dystonia.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Physiotherapy is mentioned as an adjunctive treatment to improve the symptoms of cervical dystonia in terms of pain, function and quality of life. However, botulinum neurotoxin injection remains the treatment of choice. This systematic review emphasizes physical therapy and evaluates it by including six studies. The methodology is based on a previous systematic review on this topic to provide better comparability and actuality. For this purpose, two databases were searched using the previously published keywords. This time, only randomised controlled trials were evaluated to increase the power. In conclusion, additional physical therapy and active home exercise programs appear to be useful. Further research should focus on the dose-response principle to emphasize physical therapy treatment modalities.
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