Three Cases of Gait Improvement after Rehabilitation Management in Corticobasal Syndrome.
- Author:
Myeong Hwan BANG
1
;
Junbeom KWON
;
Hyoung Seop KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Gait Apraxia; Dystonia; Botulinum Toxins; Nerve Block; Neurological Rehabilitation
- MeSH: Apraxias; Botulinum Toxins; Cues; Dystonia; Emigrants and Immigrants; Extremities; Gait Apraxia; Gait*; Humans; Leg; Lower Extremity; Myoclonus; Nerve Block; Neurological Rehabilitation; Obturator Nerve; Rehabilitation*
- From:Brain & Neurorehabilitation 2017;10(2):e16-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is characterized by asymmetric dystonia, and myoclonus accompanied by higher cortical features including apraxia, alien limb phenomena, cortical sensory loss. Here, we report treatment course of 3 CBS patients. Asymmetric dystonia was seen in the first and second cases, a cortical sensory loss was seen in the third case and left lower limb apraxia was common in all cases. In the first and second cases, we performed an alcohol block on the obturator nerve and injected botulinum toxin into the lower leg to reduce dystonia. In the third case, patient was treated with a robotic assisted gait training, whole body therapeutic pool and gait training with laser pointer visual cueing. After appropriate treatment for patients, all 3 cases showed improvement in gait.
