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Review
. 2018 Oct;24(10):863-875.
doi: 10.1111/cns.13036. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

Current behavioral assessments of movement disorders in children

Tetsuya Asakawa  1   2 , Kenji Sugiyama  1 , Takao Nozaki  1 , Tetsuro Sameshima  1 , Susumu Kobayashi  1 , Liang Wang  3 , Zhen Hong  3   4 , Shu-Jiao Chen  2 , Can-Dong Li  2 , Ding Ding  4 , Hiroki Namba  1
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Review

Current behavioral assessments of movement disorders in children

Tetsuya Asakawa et al. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Pediatric movement disorders (PMDs) are common and have recently received increasing attention. As these disorders have special clinical features, the selection of appropriate behavioral assessment tools that can clearly distinguish movement disorders from other diseases (eg, epilepsy and neuromuscular disorders) is crucial for achieving an accurate diagnosis and treatment. However, few studies have focused on behavioral assessments in children. The present report attempts to provide a critical review of the available subjective and objective assessment tests for common PMDs. We believe that the principles of objectification, multi-purpose use, and simplification are also applicable to the selection and development of satisfactory pediatric behavioral assessment tools. We expect that the development of wearable sensors, virtual reality, and augmented reality will lead to the establishment of more reliable and simple tests. In addition, more rigorous randomized controlled trials that have been specifically designed to evaluate behavioral testing in children are also expected in the future.

Keywords: behavioral assessments; dystonia; pediatric movement disorders; tics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to the present study.

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