オオヤマ　ゲンコウ   OYAMA Genko   大山　彦光    所属   埼玉医科大学  医学部 脳神経内科    職種   教授
論文種別	学術雑誌(原著)
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Pilot Study of a Device to Induce the Hanger Reflex in Patients with Cervical Dystonia.
掲載誌名	正式名：Neurologia medico-chirurgica
掲載区分	国内
巻・号・頁	58(5),206-211頁
著者・共著者	Takashi Asahi,Michi Sato,Takuto Nakamura,Yuki Kon,Hiroyuki Kajimoto,Genko Oyama,Akito Hayashi,Kazunori Tanaka,Shunya Nakane,Takao Takeshima,Masami Fujii,Satoshi Kuroda
発行年月	2018/05/15
概要	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.
DOI	10.2176/nmc.oa.2017-0111
PMID	29607887