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ArticleToxins2024

Botulinum Toxin Injections to the Obliquus Capitis Inferioris Muscle for Dynamic Cervical Dystonia Improves Subjective Patient Outcomes.

Robin Anne Bessemer, Mandar Jog

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Article in Toxins, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robin Anne BessemerDepartment of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada.
Mandar JogDepartment of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7513-8651

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The obliquus capitis inferioris (OCI) muscle is a significant driver of cervical dystonia with torticaput movements and a no-no head tremor. Limited data are available on the efficacy of OCI injections on patient outcomes. Our study aims to determine whether the botulinum toxin injection into OCI improves subjective patient quality of life in those with dystonic head tremors. A retrospective chart review was performed for 25 patients receiving injections into the OCI for a dystonic head tremor at the London Movement Disorders Clinic between January 2020 and January 2022. Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Scale-2 (TWSTRS-2) subscale scores for disability and pain, TWSTRS-PSYCH scores, and the global impression of severity were extracted. The average TWSTRS-2 disability subscale change was -2.8 points (

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Botulinum Toxins, Type ANeuromuscular AgentsTorticollisHumansMuscle, SkeletalPainQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeTremorBotulinum Toxins, Type ANeuromuscular Agentsbotulinum toxindystoniatorticollistremor

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PMID38393155
PMCPMC10892484

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