Movement Inquisitive

About Movement Inquisitive

Movement Inquisitive is a free educational resource for MDS Members. This video quiz introduces patient cases of varying movement disorder types. One new case will be presented each month.

Watch the video and then answer the questions below to test your knowledge of this patient case. A correct answer is denoted by a green box and incorrect answer by a red box.

This project is coordinated by:

Dr. Prashanth (LK) Kukkle, DM
DM (Neurology - NIMHANS) | Fellowship in Movement Disorders (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Consultant Neurologist | Specialist: Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
Vikram Hospitals - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Dr. Prashanth may be reached by email at drprashanth.lk@gmail.com

Case 7: Young boy with attacks of twisting

Contributor: Dr. (Prof). Wali GM, Neurospecialities Center, Belgaum, Karnataka India

This 11-year-old boy presented with a 6-month history of sudden episodic attacks of twisting movements of the whole body which lasted 20-30 seconds.

Further Reading

1. Diagnosis and treatment of paroxysmal dyskinesias revisited. Iris Unterberger and Eugen Trinka.Therapeutic advances in Neurological disorders.2008,1:67-74

2. Bhatia KP. Paroxysmal dyskinesias. Mov. Disord. 2011:26: 1157-1165

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