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Post-stroke movement syndromes

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<strong>Post</strong>-<strong>stroke</strong> <strong>movement</strong> disorders<br />

Movement disorders<br />

Demography and risk factors<br />

• Abnormal <strong>movement</strong>s following <strong>stroke</strong> occur in men and<br />

women equally<br />

• Average age<br />

– 63.3 (range 17 – 90), Alarcon’s study<br />

– 70 (range 32 - 90), The Lausanne Stroke Registry<br />

– 57.5 (range 28 –74) study of delayed onset <strong>movement</strong> disorders<br />

(35 pts after thalamic infarction), Kim JS, 2001<br />

• Age of predilection for different <strong>movement</strong> disorders<br />

– Chorea affects older people<br />

– Dystonia younger, Chuang C, 2002

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