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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 />

Anathomy, type of <strong>stroke</strong> and lesion location<br />

Conclusions<br />

• Lenticular lesions are the common lesions that result in<br />

dystonia and chorea +/- hemiballism,<br />

• Lesions in the posterior thalamus or lesions disrupting the<br />

dentatorubrothalamic pathway are the most common<br />

cause of tremor<br />

• <strong>Post</strong>–<strong>stroke</strong> lesions in the basal ganglia (mainly striatum or<br />

lentiform nucleus) which can be unilateral or bilateral are<br />

the most common cause of parkinsonism

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