Athleticism and ALS; understanding peripherally induced movement disorders




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Summary: <p>Movement disorders following head trauma are well recognised, but we know much less about those occuring after a peripheral injury. Diana van Rooijen, Leiden Medical Center, the Netherlands, tells us what her review on this group of conditions reveals (0.58).</p><p>Clinicians are used to seeing ALS patients who are or have been athletic. So is there a link, and if so, could exercise have a direct effect on the condition? Dr Martin Turner, John Radcliffe University Hospital, Oxford, talks us through his investigations (8.58).</p><p>See also:</p><p>Concordance between site of onset and limb dominance in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis http://tinyurl.com/b3bdzc7</p><p>Peripheral trauma and movement disorders: a systematic review of reported cases http://tinyurl.com/b977yzm</p>