Table 1

Peripherally induced movement disorder characteristics

Total No of patients (% females)713 (64)
Age at onset of movement disorder (years) (median (IQR)) (n=571)38 (30–53)
No of patients with CRPS260 (36)
No of patients with PMD103 (14)
Trauma (n (%))
 Soft tissue injury310 (43)
 Fracture71 (10)
 Surgery74 (10)
 Other87 (12)
 Nerve entrapment130 (18)
 Amputation12 (2)
 Not described29 (4)
Time to onset of movement disorder (days) (median (IQR)) (n=264)21 (2–183)
Type of movement disorder (n (%))
 Dystonia513 (72)
  Type of dystonia
   Fixed (% of dystonia cases)317 (62)
   Mobile102 (20)
   Both56 (11)
   Not specified38 (8)
 Sensory trick
   Yes/no29/110
 Tremor176 (25)
 Myoclonus95 (13)
 Spasms79 (11)
 PLMT/F46 (6)
 Other (chorea, parkinsonism, tics)26 (4)
Location (n (%))
 Face1 (0)
 Oromandibular/vocal cords44 (6)
 Neck/shoulder176 (25)
 Trunk14 (2)
 Arm162 (23)
 Leg177 (25)
 Unknown extremity125 (18)
 Multiple sites14 (2)
Spread of movement disorder to other body regions (n (%))* (n=138)
 Ipsilateral15 (11)
 Contralateral16 (12)
 Segmental14 (10)
 Generalised35 (25)
 Multifocal51 (37)
 Unknown7 (5)

  • n, indicates the number of patients on which this information was available; (%) refers to the whole group unless otherwise specified.

  • ↵* Percentage calculated for the number of patients on which the information was available.

  • CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome; PLMT/F, painful limbs and moving toes or fingers; PMD, psychogenic movement disorder.