Paroxysmal axial spasms of spinal origin

P Brown; P D Thompson; J C Rothwell; B L Day; C D Marsden

doi:10.1002/mds.870060108

Paroxysmal axial spasms of spinal origin

Mov Disord. 1991;6(1):43-8. doi: 10.1002/mds.870060108.

Authors

P Brown¹, P D Thompson, J C Rothwell, B L Day, C D Marsden

Affiliation

¹ MRC Human Movement and Balance Unit, Institute of Neurology, London, England.

PMID: 2005921
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870060108

Abstract

A 55-year-old man with a 4 1/2-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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
Electroencephalography* / instrumentation
Electromyography* / instrumentation
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle Contraction / physiology
Muscles / innervation*
Myoclonus / physiopathology*
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
Spasm / physiopathology*
Spinal Cord / physiopathology
Spinal Nerve Roots / physiopathology*
Tibial Nerve / physiopathology