Table 1.
Data | Subject #1 | Subject #2 | Subject #3 | Subject #4 | Subject #5 | Subject #6 | Subject #7 |
Age at most recent evaluation (years) | 60 | 62 | 71 | 59 | 73 | 58 | 66 |
Gender | Male | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Male |
BSP onset (years) | 47 | 47 | 60 | 45 | 65 | 44 | 52 |
CD onset (years) | 52 | 55 | 60 | 53 | 66 | 45 | 56 |
AEO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other dystonia | Lower facial | None | Lower facial | None | None | Laryngeal | Lower facial |
Time to spread (years) | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Duration of BSP (years) | 13 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 |
Pattern of spread | BSP→CD | BSP→CD | BSP = CD | BSP→CD | BSP→CD | BSP→CD | BSP→CD |
TWSTRS: total score | 28.25 | 31.25 | 20 | 30.5 | 30.75 | 16 | 32 |
TWSTRS: severity score | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 14 |
TWSTRS: disability score | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
TWSTRS: pain score | 7.25 | 7.25 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 0 | 5 |
TWSTRS: anterocollis score | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Cervical EMG | Tonic | Tonic | Tonic | Na | Tonic | Tonic | Na |
Relief from sensory tricks | None | None | None | Limited | None | None | Limited |
Non-physiological head and/or appendicular tremor | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Family history | No | Sister - BSP | No | Sister -BSP | No | Father - segmental craniocervical dystonia | Several 1st & 2nd degree relatives with BSP+/-CD |
Abbreviations: BSP, blepharospasm; CD, cervical dystonia; EMG, electromyography; NA, not available or applicable; TWSTRS, Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale.