Paroxysmal axial spasms of spinal origin.

Journal article

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.

Authors: Brown, P; Thompson, P; Rothwell, J; Day, B; Marsden, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-48
• Publication date: 1991-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/mds.870060108
• EISSN: 1531-8257
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• Language: English
• Keywords: Muscles; Electromyography; Middle Aged; Myoclonus; Spasm; Spinal Nerve Roots; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Male; Electroencephalography; Muscle Contraction; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Cerebral Cortex; Spinal Cord; Humans; Tibial Nerve