ArticleMovement disorders clinical practice2023
Have We Forgotten What Tics Are? A Re-Exploration of Tic Phenomenology in Youth with Primary Tics.
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- Clinical characteristics of tic disorders in children and adolescents with the chief complaint of abnormal blinking.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Sex Differences in Youth with Chronic Tic Disorder and Tourette Syndrome: Evaluation of Tic Severity, Psychological Profiles, and Quality of Life.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: The first systematic description of tics in a large sample was in 1978. Objectives: To assess the phenomenology of tics in youth and investigate how age and sex influence tic phenomenology. Methods: Children and adolescents with primary tic disorders have been prospectively included in our Registry in Calgary, Canada, since 2017. We examined tic frequency and distribution using the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale, differences between sexes, and changes in tic severity with age and with mental health comorbidities. Results: A total of 203 children and adolescents with primary tic disorders were included (76.4% males; mean age = 10.7 years, 95% CI = 10.3-11.1). At first assessment, the most common simple motor tics were eye blinking (57%), head jerks/movements (51%), eye movements (48%) and mouth movements (46%); 86% had at least one simple facial tic. The most frequent complex motor tics were tic-related compulsive behaviors (19%). Throat clearing was the most common simple phonic tic (42%); 5% only had coprolalia. Females had higher frequency and intensity of motor tics than males ( Conclusions: Our study suggests that age and sex affect clinical presentation in youth with tics. The phenomenology of tics in our sample was similar to the 1978 description of tics, and contrasts with functional tic-like behaviors.
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