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Paroxysmal axial spasms of spinal origin
Author(s) -
Brown P.,
Thompson P. D.,
Rothwell J. C.,
Day B. L.,
Marsden C. D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870060108
Subject(s) - myoclonus , spinal cord , trunk , medicine , electrophysiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , rhythm , myoclonic jerk , electromyography , anatomy , psychology , neuroscience , anesthesia , biology , ecology
A 55‐year‐old man with a 4½‐year history of paroxysmal bouts of involuntary large‐amplitude flexion jerks of the trunk and a 1‐year history of persistent rhythmic small‐amplitude movements of the anterior abdominal wall is described. Clinical and electrophysiological evidence suggested that the paroxysmal myoclonus arose in propriospinal systems intrinsic to the spinal cord.