PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G D Schott
TI  - The relationship of peripheral trauma and pain to dystonia.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.48.7.698
DP  - 1985 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 698--701
VI  - 48
IP  - 7
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/48/7/698.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/48/7/698.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1985 Jul 01; 48
AB  - Four patients are described who sustained comparatively minor peripheral injury, the affected area soon becoming the site of segmental dystonia. The movement disorder developed as the symptoms from the injury subsided, and except for the recent trauma, no cause for the dystonia was apparent; litigation was not an issue for any patient. It is suggested that on rare occasions peripheral trauma results in the development of dystonia. Since injury never involved the head, the role of the spinal dopaminergic system and the relevance of pain from the injury are discussed in considering possible underlying mechanisms.