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A pilot study of botulinum toxin for jerky, position-specific, upper limb action tremor
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Background: We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of botulinum toxin (BT) injections for jerky action tremor of the upper limb.
Methods: We performed an uncontrolled, prospective study of electromyography (EMG)-guided BT injections for jerky, position-specific, upper limb action tremor. The primary outcome was clinical global impression at 3-6 weeks after baseline.
Results: Eight patients with jerky, position-specific action tremor involving the upper limb were consecutively recruited. After a median follow-up of 4.4 weeks (interquartile range [IQR] 3.6-6 weeks), four of them rated themselves as "improved" and two as "much improved." Five of these six subjects reported improvements in specific activities of daily living (bringing liquids to mouth, feeding, shaving, and dressing). Upper limb subscore of the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Rating Scale (FTM) significantly decreased from 4.5 (4-6) to 3 (2-5) (p = 0.01).
Discussion: This pilot, prospective cohort study suggests that EMG-guided BT injections may improve jerky, position-specific, upper limb action tremor. Placebo-controlled studies evaluating larger samples of patients are warranted to confirm these findings.
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Copyright: © 2016 Saifee et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommercial–No Derivatives License, which permits the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original authors and source are credited; that no commercial use is made of the work; and that the work is not altered or transformed.
Palavras-chave
Upper limb tremor Action tremor Botulinum toxin
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2016 Sep 29;6:406
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Ubiquity Press