NEUROLOGY 1991;41:1088
© 1991 American Academy of Neurology
Cervical dystonia
Clinical findings and associated movement disorders
Joseph Jankovic, MD,
Stuart Leder, MD,
Dhyanne Warner, PhD MD; and and
Kenneth Schwartz, PA
Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
We studied 300 patients, 61% women, with mean age 49.7 years and mean duration of dystonia 7.8 years, to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of cervical dystonia (CD) and its relationships to other movement disorders. Torticollis was present in 82%, laterocollis in 42%, retrocollis in 29%, and anterocollis in 25%; however, the majority (66%) had a combination of these abnormal postures. Scoliosis was present in 39%, local pain reported by 68%, and 32% had evidence of secondary cervical radiculopathy. In addition to CD, 16% of patients had oral dystonia, 12% mandibular dystonia, 10% hand/arm dystonia, and 10% had blepharospasm. Tremor was noted in 71% of patients; head-neck tremor was present in 60%, and tremor in other body regions was present in 32%. A family history of a movement disorder was present in 44% of the CD patients. Tardive dystonia was the cause in 6%; 11% had posttraumatic dystonia. Anticholinergic drugs provided moderate improvement in 33% of patients, but local intramuscular botulinum toxin injections relieved CD, local pain, or both in over 90% of all treated patients.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Joseph Jankovic, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine 6550 Fannin #1801, Houston, TX 77030.
Supported in part by a grant from the Cullen Foundation.
Presented in part at the 42nd annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami Beach, FL, May 1990.
Received November 30, 1990. Accepted for publication in final form December 28, 1990.
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