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Tiapride in the treatment of Huntington's chorea
Author(s) -
Roos R. A. C.,
Buruma O. J. S.,
Bruyn G. W.,
Kemp B.,
Velde E. A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1982.tb03060.x
Subject(s) - chorea , tiapride , psychology , huntington's disease , placebo , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , medicine , physical therapy , audiology , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology , disease
Twenty‐two patients with Huntington's chorea were investigated in a double‐blind controlled cross‐over trial. The effect was measured by counting the number of involuntary movements from video‐recordings and by a Doppler‐radar device. Besides these methods, subjective assessments were made on analogue scales by patients, family, nurses and attendant doctors. The quantitative methods revealed no significant diminution of the involuntary movements in the Tiapride therapy period. The subjective evaluation turned out to be useless because of many inconsistent answers.