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Is focal task-specific dystonia limited to the hand and face?

✍ Scribed by Steven E. Lo; Steven J. Frucht

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
52 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Focal task‐specific dystonia (FTSD) of the hand and face have been well described; however, FTSD of the leg is exceedingly rare. We describe and demonstrate by videotape 2 patients with FTSD affecting the leg, in both cases triggered specifically by walking down steps. Walking on a level surface, up steps, and down steps backward, and sideways were normal. An interoceptive sensory trick (imagining walking in a different modality) led to temporary improvement. Our patients appear to demonstrate that task‐specificity in focal dystonia may not be limited to skilled, rehearsed actions and that FTSD may occur in an activity that is relatively automatic. © 2007 Movement Disorder Society

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