BMJ21h
Shoulder pain and external rotation in spastic hemiplegia do not improve by injection of botulinum toxin A into the subscapular muscle
Objective: To study the effect of botulinum toxin A in the subscapular muscle on shoulder pain and humerus external rotation. Methods: 22 stroke patients with spastic hemiplegia, substantial shoulder ...
BMJ1d
Intracranial blood flow velocity after head injury: relationship to severity of injury, time, neurological status and outcome.
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, UK. Middle cerebral artery (MCA) blood flow velocity was measured daily by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography ...
BMJ1d
Olfaction in patients with suspected parkinsonism and scans without evidence of dopaminergic deficit (SWEDDs)
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK Background: Positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography scanning have 87–94% ...
BMJ2d
Group and case study of the dysexecutive syndrome in alcoholism without amnesia
Dr H Ihara, Clinical Research Unit, National Hospital of South Hanamaki, Suwa 500, Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan 025–0033mhi202{at}shanamaki.hosp.go.jp OBJECTIVES To test the dysexecutive syndrome (DES) ...
BMJ5d
Ablative thyroid treatment for thyrotoxicosis due to thyrotropin-producing pituitary tumours
Background: Thyrotropin (TSH)-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) are rare tumours that can be invasive. It has been suggested that thyroid surgery or radioiodine treatment should not be considered ...
BMJ5d
Motor cortex excitability and comorbidity in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Background: Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) is often complicated by comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or obsessive–compulsive disorder ...
BMJ5d
Different types of skew deviation.
Although all manifest skew deviations appear the same for the clinician, skew deviation can result from different combinations of dysconjugate vertical ocular deviations. Evidence is presented for ...
BMJ5d
Sleep disturbance and impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson's disease
Objectives Impulsive-compulsive behaviours (ICBs) in Parkinson's disease (PD) have been anecdotally linked with impaired sleep. The authors investigate measures of sleep in PD patients with and ...
BMJ6d
Distinct influence of different vascular risk factors on white matter brain lesions in multiple sclerosis
Correspondence to Dr Jacqueline Palace, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; jacqueline.palace{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk Objective To determine if ...
BMJ6d
The natural history and functional consequences of dysphagia after hemispheric stroke.
Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK. Data from 357 conscious stroke patients taking part in an acute intervention trial and assessed within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, ...
BMJ6d
The SF-36 in multiple sclerosis: why basic assumptions must be tested
OBJECTIVES To evaluate, in people with multiple sclerosis, two psychometric assumptions that must be satisfied for valid use of the medical outcomes study 36-item short form health survey (SF-36): the ...