Post-traumatic movement disorders in survivors of severe head injury

Neurology
J K KraussK H Kopp

Abstract

The present study investigates the occurrence of post-traumatic movement disorders in survivors of severe head injury. We studied a series of 398 consecutive patients who were admitted to the hospital with a Glasgow Coma Score of 8 or less after they sustained a head trauma. One hundred thirty-four out of 398 patients (34%) died after they were admitted to the hospital or in the further course. A recent follow-up was obtained in 221 of the 264 remaining patients (84%). Follow-up consisted of a three-level assessment, including questionnaires, telephone interviews, and personal examinations. Fifty out of 221 patients (22.6%) had developed movement disorders secondary to the head trauma, which were transient in 23 patients (10.4%) and persistent in 27 patients (12.2%). Forty-two patients (19%) had tremors, nine (4.1%) had dystonia, and seven (3.2%) had other movement disorders. Twelve patients (5.4%) had disabling low-frequency kinetic tremors (2.5 to 4 Hz) or dystonia, or both. Low-frequency kinetic tremors developed with a latency from 2 weeks to 6 months after trauma, and dystonia with a latency from 2 months to 2 years. When compared with patients without movement disorders, this subgroup was characterized by a different dist...Continue Reading

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