"Torticollis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors.
| Descriptor ID |
D014103
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.662.300.750 C10.597.350.300.800 C23.888.592.350.300.800
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torticollis" by people in Profiles.
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Treatment response to onabotulinumtoxinA in cervical dystonia patients with anterocollis and retrocollis. Toxicon. 2024 Sep; 248:108035.
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Efficacy and Safety of DaxibotulinumtoxinA for Injection in Cervical Dystonia: ASPEN-1 Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial. Neurology. 2024 02 27; 102(4):e208091.
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Treatment of cervical dystonia with Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA): Development, insights, and impact. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jul 01; 102(S1):e32403.
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Isolated Cervical Dystonia: Diagnosis and Classification. Mov Disord. 2023 08; 38(8):1367-1378.
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Secondary dystonia following parenchymal brain tumors. J Neurol Sci. 2023 03 15; 446:120577.
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The Conundrum of Dystonia in Essential Tremor Patients: How does One Classify these Cases? Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2022; 12:15.
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Hold that pose: capturing cervical dystonia's head deviation severity from video. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2022 05; 9(5):684-694.
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Head tremor in cervical dystonia: Quantifying severity with computer vision. J Neurol Sci. 2022 Mar 15; 434:120154.
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A Multi-center Genome-wide Association Study of Cervical Dystonia. Mov Disord. 2021 12; 36(12):2795-2801.
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Non-motor phenotypic subgroups in adult-onset idiopathic, isolated, focal cervical dystonia. Brain Behav. 2021 08; 11(8):e2292.