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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Sep 16;20(11):1279–1282. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.09.005

Table 1.

Clinical profile, DBS stimulation parameters, and outcome in patients with adult-onset axial dystonia.

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4
Age at the time of surgery/gender 66/F 53/M 59/F 67/M
Age of onset 64 50 56 52
Anatomic involved Lower face and jaw, neck, arms, trunk, leg Neck, trunk Trunk Eyes, trunk, neck
Pharmacotherapy prior to DBS Trihexyphenidyl, baclofen, cyclobenzaprine, botulinum toxin type A Levodopa-carbidopa, trihexyphenidyl, baclofen, tetrabenazine, botulinum toxin type A Trihexyphenidyl, levodopa-carbidopa Baclofen, botulinum toxin type A
Pre-operative BFM score/percent improvement after DBS 36/87.5% 16/90.62% 4/100% 43.5/72.4%
Pre-operative TWSTRS severity scale/percent improvement after DBS 28/71.43% 19/84.21% N/A (no cervical dystonia) 17/58.82%
Stimulus parameters for best outcome (volts, micro-seconds, Hertz) Left: 3.5, 150, 60
Right: 3.8, 150, 60		 Left: 3.4, 90, 130
Right: 3.6, 120, 130		 Left: 4.0, 210, 60
Right: 4.0, 210, 60		 Left: 4.5, 210, 80
Right: 4.0, 120, 80
Stimulation contact Right 2 −ve, case +ve
Left: 2 −ve, case +ve		 Right 1 −ve, case +ve
Left: 2 −ve, case +ve		 Right 0 −ve, case +ve
Left: 1 −ve, case +ve		 Right 0 −ve, Case +ve
Left: 1 −ve, case +ve