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. 2023 Mar 21;270(5):2409–2415. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11661-x

Table 1.

Clinical description of the study cohort (n = 27)

Movement Disorder Number of patients Age Sex (M/F) Days of Hospital Stay Days Between COVID and movement disorder Follow Up# [weeks]
Myoclonus 7 58.7 ± 13.1 3/4 20.4 ± 12.1 0,2,4,7,9,25,35 56.7 ± 32.3
Myoclonus-Ataxia 5 57.2 ± 12.4 4/1 12.2 ± 8.1 10,12,14,17; unknown in one case 52.4 ± 31.2
Ataxia 5 53.2 ± 11.4 3/2 16.2 ± 10.2 0, 3, 12, 21; unknown in one case 67.6 ± 20.1
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia 3 46.3 ± 13.0 3/0 5.3 ± 0.5 8, 10, 21 54.7 ± 3,8
Hypokinetic rigid syndrome 3 56 ± 7.5 2/1 48.3 ± 40.0 5, 33; ?44* 67.0 ± 21.2
Tremor 1 62 1/0 37 10 8
Serotonin Syndrome 1 66 1/0 33 3 54
Limb tremor and gait ataxia 1 78 1/0 90 10 81
Chorea 1 58 1/0 13 2 3

*Onset not clear as the patient was intubated; movement disorder was first observed when the patient was extubated on day 44; # standardised from the outset