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Muscular Tic

MedGen UID:
311019
•Concept ID:
C1709099
•
Sign or Symptom

Definition

An involuntary, compulsive, repetitive stereotyped movement, usually of the face or shoulders. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMuscular Tic

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pimozide treatment of tic and Tourette disorders.
Shapiro AK, Shapiro E, Fulop G
Pediatrics 1987 Jun;79(6):1032-9. PMID: 3295739
Sensory feedback therapy as a modality of treatment in central nervous system disorders of voluntary movement.
Brudny J, Korein J, Levidow L, Grynbaum BB, Lieberman A, Friedmann LW
Neurology 1974 Oct;24(10):925-32. doi: 10.1212/wnl.24.10.925. PMID: 4472298

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Sensory phenomena in obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's disorder.
Miguel EC, do Rosário-Campos MC, Prado HS, do Valle R, Rauch SL, Coffey BJ, Baer L, Savage CR, O'Sullivan RL, Jenike MA, Leckman JF
J Clin Psychiatry 2000 Feb;61(2):150-6; quiz 157. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v61n0213. PMID: 10732667
Pain syndromes in multiple sclerosis.
Moulin DE, Foley KM, Ebers GC
Neurology 1988 Dec;38(12):1830-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.12.1830. PMID: 2973568

Diagnosis

Soft Bioelectronic Stickers: Selection and Evaluation of Skin-Interfacing Electrodes.
Lopes PA, Vaz Gomes D, Green Marques D, Faia P, Góis J, Patrício TF, Coelho J, Serra A, de Almeida AT, Majidi C, Tavakoli M
Adv Healthc Mater 2019 Aug;8(15):e1900234. Epub 2019 Jul 5 doi: 10.1002/adhm.201900234. PMID: 31273945
Cognitive-behavioral therapy induces sensorimotor and specific electrocortical changes in chronic tic and Tourette's disorder.
Morand-Beaulieu S, O'Connor KP, Sauvé G, Blanchet PJ, Lavoie ME
Neuropsychologia 2015 Dec;79(Pt B):310-21. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.05.024. PMID: 26022060
Value of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for tissue characterization of ovarian teratomas: correlation with histopathology.
Poncelet E, Delpierre C, Kerdraon O, Lucot JP, Collinet P, Bazot M
Clin Radiol 2013 Sep;68(9):909-16. Epub 2013 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2013.03.029. PMID: 23726654
Pain syndromes in multiple sclerosis.
Moulin DE, Foley KM, Ebers GC
Neurology 1988 Dec;38(12):1830-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.12.1830. PMID: 2973568
Tourette's syndrome: a treatable tic.
Murray TJ
Can Med Assoc J 1978 Jun 10;118(11):1407-10. PMID: 350368Free PMC Article

Therapy

Severe motor tics causing cervical myelopathy in Tourette's syndrome.
Krauss JK, Jankovic J
Mov Disord 1996 Sep;11(5):563-6. doi: 10.1002/mds.870110512. PMID: 8866498
Pimozide treatment of tic and Tourette disorders.
Shapiro AK, Shapiro E, Fulop G
Pediatrics 1987 Jun;79(6):1032-9. PMID: 3295739
Tourette's syndrome: a treatable tic.
Murray TJ
Can Med Assoc J 1978 Jun 10;118(11):1407-10. PMID: 350368Free PMC Article
Advances in neurology.
Tyler HR
Practitioner 1968 Oct;201(204):591-7. PMID: 4879610

Prognosis

Sensory phenomena in obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's disorder.
Miguel EC, do Rosário-Campos MC, Prado HS, do Valle R, Rauch SL, Coffey BJ, Baer L, Savage CR, O'Sullivan RL, Jenike MA, Leckman JF
J Clin Psychiatry 2000 Feb;61(2):150-6; quiz 157. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v61n0213. PMID: 10732667
The spasmodic upper-body squeeze: a characteristic behavior in Smith-Magenis syndrome.
Finucane BM, Konar D, Haas-Givler B, Kurtz MB, Scott CI Jr
Dev Med Child Neurol 1994 Jan;36(1):78-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1994.tb11770.x. PMID: 8132119
Tourette's syndrome: a treatable tic.
Murray TJ
Can Med Assoc J 1978 Jun 10;118(11):1407-10. PMID: 350368Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

The spasmodic upper-body squeeze: a characteristic behavior in Smith-Magenis syndrome.
Finucane BM, Konar D, Haas-Givler B, Kurtz MB, Scott CI Jr
Dev Med Child Neurol 1994 Jan;36(1):78-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1994.tb11770.x. PMID: 8132119

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