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Motor seizure

MedGen UID:
148322
Concept ID:
C0751494
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Convulsive Seizure; Convulsive Seizures; Motor Seizure; Motor Seizures; Seizure, Convulsive; Seizure, Motor; Seizures, Convulsive; Seizures, Motor
 
HPO: HP:0020219

Definition

A motor seizure is a type of seizure that is characterized at onset by involvement of the skeletal musculature. The motor event could consist of an increase (positive) or decrease (negative) in muscle contraction to produce a movement. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMotor seizure

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pellinen J, Tafuro E, Baehr A, Barnard S, Holmes M, French J; Human Epilepsy Project Investigators
Acad Emerg Med 2021 Apr;28(4):412-420. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1111/acem.14114. PMID: 32810323
Takala CR, Leung JG, Murphy LL, Geske JR, Palmer BA
J ECT 2017 Sep;33(3):185-189. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000423. PMID: 28570500
Davis G, Makdissi M
J Sci Med Sport 2016 Nov;19(11):898-902. Epub 2016 Feb 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.02.005. PMID: 27117715

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Muthaffar OY, Alyazidi AS
Neurosciences (Riyadh) 2024 May;29(2):71-76. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2024.2.20230074. PMID: 38740401Free PMC Article
Demarest S, Jeste S, Agarwal N, Arkilo D, Asgharnejad M, Hsiao S, Thibert R
Epilepsy Behav 2023 May;142:109173. Epub 2023 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109173. PMID: 37011526
Knight EMP, Amin S, Bahi-Buisson N, Benke TA, Cross JH, Demarest ST, Olson HE, Specchio N, Fleming TR, Aimetti AA, Gasior M, Devinsky O; Marigold Trial Group
Lancet Neurol 2022 May;21(5):417-427. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00077-1. PMID: 35429480
Takala CR, Leung JG, Murphy LL, Geske JR, Palmer BA
J ECT 2017 Sep;33(3):185-189. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000423. PMID: 28570500
Yong T, Chayasirisobhon S, Yoshina JS, Tin SN, Tehrani K, Skinner SE, Markus E, Spurgeon BD, Gurbani S
Clin EEG Neurosci 2008 Jan;39(1):28-32. doi: 10.1177/155005940803900110. PMID: 18318416

Prognosis

Olson HE, Amin S, Bahi-Buisson N, Devinsky O, Marsh ED, Pestana-Knight E, Rajaraman RR, Aimetti AA, Rybak E, Kong F, Miller I, Hulihan J, Demarest S
Epilepsia 2024 Jan;65(1):37-45. Epub 2023 Nov 29 doi: 10.1111/epi.17826. PMID: 37950390
Andrade C
J Clin Psychiatry 2023 Feb 6;84(1) doi: 10.4088/JCP.23f14797. PMID: 36752751
Thörnblom E, Gingnell M, Cunningham JL, Landén M, Bodén R
Nord J Psychiatry 2023 Apr;77(3):312-318. Epub 2022 Aug 15 doi: 10.1080/08039488.2022.2107237. PMID: 35968653
Tedeschi EA, Patusco LM, Zahler S, Martini M, Chiavaro da Fonseca R, Magalhães PVS
J ECT 2021 Mar 1;37(1):46-50. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000716. PMID: 32881781
Takala CR, Leung JG, Murphy LL, Geske JR, Palmer BA
J ECT 2017 Sep;33(3):185-189. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000423. PMID: 28570500

Clinical prediction guides

Olson HE, Amin S, Bahi-Buisson N, Devinsky O, Marsh ED, Pestana-Knight E, Rajaraman RR, Aimetti AA, Rybak E, Kong F, Miller I, Hulihan J, Demarest S
Epilepsia 2024 Jan;65(1):37-45. Epub 2023 Nov 29 doi: 10.1111/epi.17826. PMID: 37950390
Wu S, Nordli DR
Handb Clin Neurol 2023;196:295-304. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-98817-9.00014-4. PMID: 37620075
Demarest S, Jeste S, Agarwal N, Arkilo D, Asgharnejad M, Hsiao S, Thibert R
Epilepsy Behav 2023 May;142:109173. Epub 2023 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109173. PMID: 37011526
Thörnblom E, Gingnell M, Cunningham JL, Landén M, Bodén R
Nord J Psychiatry 2023 Apr;77(3):312-318. Epub 2022 Aug 15 doi: 10.1080/08039488.2022.2107237. PMID: 35968653
Unterberger I, Trinka E, Kaplan PW, Walser G, Luef G, Bauer G
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):523-529. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13996. PMID: 29327337

Recent systematic reviews

Singh PM, Arora S, Borle A, Varma P, Trikha A, Goudra BG
J ECT 2015 Dec;31(4):213-25. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000212. PMID: 25634566
Hooten WM, Rasmussen KG Jr
J ECT 2008 Sep;24(3):208-23. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31815bfe2a. PMID: 18628717

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