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. 1995 Mar;58(3):312–319. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.58.3.312

Kinematic properties of upper limb trajectories in idiopathic torsion dystonia.

R Inzelberg 1, T Flash 1, E Schechtman 1, A D Korczyn 1
PMCID: PMC1073367  PMID: 7897412

Abstract

The kinematic properties of upper limb trajectories of simple reaching movements have been analysed in patients with idiopathic torsion dystonia (ITD). The velocity profiles differed from those of neurologically healthy subjects by being less symmetric. In several patients movement execution was slow due to a longer deceleration time. This phenomenon was even more conspicuous in the absence of visual feedback from the limb and was accompanied by a significant decrease in the final accuracy. These findings show that patients with ITD have deficits in central motor mechanisms beyond abnormal muscle activation patterns. Similarities between kinematic properties of patients with ITD and patients with Parkinson's disease including the deterioration of motor performance in ITD in the absence of visual feedback from the limb, suggest the existence of abnormalities in sensorimotor integration in both diseases.

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