Treatment of Upper Limb Dystonia using Botulinum Injection
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Treatment of Task Specific Upper Limb Dystonia using Ultrasound-guided Botulinum Toxin Injection
IRAS ID
277698
Contact name
David King
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
000, 000
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Dystonia is a movement disorder in which involuntary, prolonged contraction of one or more muscles occurs. This tends to occur in the forearm or hand when provoked by specific tasks with repetitive movements such as writing or playing a musical instrument. It is a difficult condition to treat effectively but previous studies have shown intramuscular botulinum toxin injections can improve symptoms by reducing the power of the abnormal muscle contraction. At York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust we use a combination of clinical evaluation and ultrasound (US) of the forearm muscles to determine which muscles to inject. We aim to retrospectively analyse the assessment and treatment of all of our patients diagnosed with this condition. We aim to assess the number of visits required to achieve a satisfactory treatment regime, and give data for botulinum toxin dosage and muscle injected for these patients when this was achieved.
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