Arm Posturing in a Patient Following Stroke: Dystonia, Levitation, Synkinesis, or Spasticity? Cover

Arm Posturing in a Patient Following Stroke: Dystonia, Levitation, Synkinesis, or Spasticity?

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volume 5 (2015): Issue 0

By: Krithi Irmady, Bahman Jabbari and Elan D. Louis

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|Dec 2015

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T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Sequences show degeneration in the right frontoparietal cortex, deep gray structures, and the cerebral peduncle.

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Arm Elevation While Walking. There is intermittent tremor of the left thumb and first finger during the videotape. When he stops walking, the left arm is no longer elevated but there is some residual posturing (fisting) of the left hand. The patient provided signed, written consent to be videotaped.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.260 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288

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Language: English

Submitted on: Sep 24, 2015

Accepted on: Nov 3, 2015

Published on: Dec 11, 2015

Published by: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Post-stroke movement,

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