Shabbir Hussain Merchant1, Sheng-Han Kuo2, Yu Qiping3, Linda Winfield4, Guy McKhann5, Sameer Sheth6, Seth L Pullman7, Blair Ford8. 1. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: shabbirhussain.merchant@nih.gov. 2. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: sk3295@cumc.columbia.edu. 3. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: qy12@cumc.columbia.edu. 4. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: lmw4@cumc.columbia.edu. 5. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: gm317@cumc.columbia.edu. 6. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: sas4451@cumc.columbia.edu. 7. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: sp31@cumc.columbia.edu. 8. Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: bf25@cumc.columbia.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify pre-operative clinical and computerized spiral analysis characteristics that may help ascertain which patients with Essential Tremor (ET) will exhibit 'early tolerance' to ventral intermediate nucleus of thalamus (Vim) deep brain stimulation (DBS). METHODS: Identification of comparative characteristics of defined cases of 'early tolerance' versus patients with sustained satisfactory response treated with Vim DBS surgery for medically-refractory ET, based on retrospective chart review by a clinician blinded to the findings of computerized spiral analysis. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences in two spiral analysis indices, SWVI and DoS, were found in the dominant upper limbs of patients who developed 'early tolerance', whereas the clinical characteristics were not significantly different. CONCLUSION: Objective measurements of upper limb kinematics using graphonomic tests like spiral analysis should be considered in the pre-operative evaluation for DBS, especially in the setting of moderate-severe predominantly action and proximal postural tremors. SIGNIFICANCE: Ours is the first investigation looking into the pre-operative clinical and objective physiologic characteristics of the patients who develop 'early tolerance' to Vim DBS for the treatment of essential tremor. The study has significant implications for pre-operative evaluation and potential surgical target selection for the treatment of tremors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
OBJECTIVE: To identify pre-operative clinical and computerized spiral analysis characteristics that may help ascertain which patients with Essential Tremor (ET) will exhibit 'early tolerance' to ventral intermediate nucleus of thalamus (Vim) deep brain stimulation (DBS). METHODS: Identification of comparative characteristics of defined cases of 'early tolerance' versus patients with sustained satisfactory response treated with Vim DBS surgery for medically-refractory ET, based on retrospective chart review by a clinician blinded to the findings of computerized spiral analysis. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences in two spiral analysis indices, SWVI and DoS, were found in the dominant upper limbs of patients who developed 'early tolerance', whereas the clinical characteristics were not significantly different. CONCLUSION: Objective measurements of upper limb kinematics using graphonomic tests like spiral analysis should be considered in the pre-operative evaluation for DBS, especially in the setting of moderate-severe predominantly action and proximal postural tremors. SIGNIFICANCE: Ours is the first investigation looking into the pre-operative clinical and objective physiologic characteristics of the patients who develop 'early tolerance' to Vim DBS for the treatment of essential tremor. The study has significant implications for pre-operative evaluation and potential surgical target selection for the treatment of tremors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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Computerized spiral analysis; Deep brain stimulation; Early tolerance; Essential tremor; Tremor habituation
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