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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Jan 7;63(6):748–754. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14802

Table 1:

Abbreviated codebook

Code Definition Example(s)
Uncertainty Statement indicates that the discussant is unsure about the presence or absence of dystonia ‘I think I see …’
‘I’m hedging’
Unilateral Specific mention of the movement feature occurring in one limb ‘… the left foot looks …’
‘… his right leg does …’
Variability over time Statement is about features occurring in just one portion of the video but not in other portions of the video ‘Her right foot initially turns in more and then straightens out in the end’
‘It disappears later on’
Subtle Discussant acknowledges that a movement feature is difficult to see or of low amplitude ‘He’s got a little bit of crouch’
‘It’s just so mild’
Adduction Either the leg or foot is noted to come towards the midline ‘That left leg crosses in’
‘The left knee comes in’
Need chart information Discussant expresses the desire for additional information about the participant to help with dystonia identification ‘How old is she?’
‘I want to know her diagnosis’
Abnormal movement, non-specific A movement is mentioned as being abnormal but not further characterized ‘That’s a funny posture’
‘I would call something in her feet’
Selective dorsal rhizotomy Discussant ponders whether or not the child has had or would benefit from a selective dorsal rhizotomy ‘This patient has had a rhizotomy maybe’
‘I just feel like a lot of our rhizotomy patients will have a gait that looks like that several years later when they get bigger’
Foot The foot is mentioned explicitly
Leg The leg is mentioned explicitly