TABLE 1

Patient Clinical Characteristics

Sex/Age (y)Symptom durationDystonic postureBT injection therapy before PET
PatientRotation*TiltAnterocollisTarget musclesEffect on dystonic posture
1M/273 moRNANA
2M/241.5 yRRSCM (L), CPV (R)No improvement
3M/422.5 yLSCM (R), SPC (L)No improvement
4M/627 moLSCM (R), CPV (L)No improvement
5M/219 moRL+SCM (L), uTz (L), Sc (L), SPC/SPc (L)No improvement
6M/464.5 yLL+NANA
  • * Side to which head was rotated.

  • Side to which head was tilted.

  • − = negative; NA = not applicable; SCM = sternocleidomastoid; CPV = cervical paravertebral; SPC = splenius capitis; + = positive; uTz = upper trapezius; Sc = scalene; SPc = splenius cervicis.