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Functional Dystonias

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Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions resulting in twisting movements and abnormal postures. This movement disorder can cause significant impairments during functional tasks including gait, mobility, and reaching. Dystonia must be distinguished from other hypertonic movement disorders, spasticity, and rigidity, to guide treatment and management options. Several clinical measurement scales have been developed to identify dystonia and rate its severity; these can be easily adapted for use in motion analysis labs. Additionally, the use of motion analysis kinetics, kinematics, and surface EMG has increased in use for monitoring dystonia. This chapter will discuss the common etiologies of dystonia, clinical scales used for diagnosis and efficacy of treatments, and the role of instrumented gait analysis, kinetics, and kinematics in the evaluation of dystonia.

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  1. Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago, IL, USA

    Jessica Pruente & Deborah Gaebler-Spira

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  1. Motion & More, Barcelona, Spain

    Bertram Müller

  2. Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgi, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Sebastian I. Wolf

  3. Institut for Biomechanics und Orthopedic, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Gert-Peter Brueggemann

  4. Houston, Texas, USA

    Zhigang Deng

  5. ACRISP, FedUniversity, Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia

    Andrew McIntosh

  6. Wilmington, Delaware, USA

    Freeman Miller

  7. Research, C-Motion, Inc., Germantown, Maryland, USA

    William Scott Selbie

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  1. duPont Hospital for Children, Box 269, 19899, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Freeman Miller

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Pruente, J., Gaebler-Spira, D. (2018). Functional Dystonias. In: Müller, B., et al. Handbook of Human Motion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30808-1_70-2

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