著者

Takashi ASAHI Michi SATO Takuto NAKAMURA Yuki KON Hiroyuki KAJIMOTO Genko OYAMA Akito HAYASHI Kazunori TANAKA Shunya NAKANE Takao TAKESHIMA Masami FUJII Satoshi KURODA

出版者

The Japan Neurosurgical Society

雑誌

Neurologia medico-chirurgica (ISSN:04708105)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, no.5, pp.206-211, 2018 (Released:2018-05-15)

参考文献数

24

被引用文献数

2 3

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The hanger reflex (HR) is an involuntary head rotation that occurs in response to a clothes hanger encircling the head and compressing the unilateral fronto-temporal area. Here, we developed an elliptical device to induce the HR and examined its utility for the treatment of cervical dystonia (CD). The study included 19 patients with rotational-type CD. The device was applied to each subject’s head for at least 30 min/day for 3 months. Severity scores on part 1 of the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale were evaluated at baseline and after the 3-month trial. Mean scores without and with the device were significantly different both at baseline (16.6 vs. 14.7, respectively; P < 0.05) and after the trial (14.9 vs. 13.6, respectively; P < 0.05). This preliminary trial suggests that our device can improve abnormal head rotation in patients with CD.