Developmental medicine and child neurology
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Dev Med Child Neurol · Feb 2016
Clinical patterns of dystonia and choreoathetosis in participants with dyskinetic cerebral palsy.
The aim of the study was to map clinical patterns of dystonia and choreoathetosis and to assess the relation between functional classifications and basal ganglia and thalamus lesions in participants with dyskinetic cerebral palsy (CP). ⋯ Dystonia and choreoathetosis increase during activity. However, dystonia predominates and seems to have a larger impact on functional abilities. Our findings further suggest that choreoathetosis seems to be more linked to pure thalamus and basal ganglia lesions than dystonia.