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Table 3 Summary of epidemiology, phenomenology and treatment in this study, in primary bowing tremor (PBT) and primary writing tremor (PWT)

From: Epidemiology and treatment of 23 musicians with task specific tremor

 

Mean age at onset (yrs)

SD of onset age (yrs)

Sample size

Type B

Alcohol responsive

Antichol

Dosage per day

Prop

Dosage per day

Prim

Dosage per day

BTX

Dosage per day

Family history

Trauma

Tremor frequency (Hz)

Ratio f:m

TST in musicians

                 

This paper

51.5

11.4

n = 23

10 (43%)

6/18 (33%)

2/10 (20%)

6 mg

9/15 (60%)

5-80 mg

3/4 (75%)

60 mg

4/5 (80%)

5-23.4 U/m

9 (39%)

9 (39%)

6.5 (+ − 0.9)

4:19

PBT

                 

Lederman [2]

41

23.2

n = 5

2 (40%)

1/1 (100%)

0/1

6 mg

1/1 (100%)

20 mg

-

-

-

-

2 (40%)

-

-

3:02

PWT

                 

Rosenbaum & Jankovic [7]

50.5

14.8

n = 10

3 (30%)

2/4 (50%)

4/5 (80%)

-

4/4 (100%)

-

-

-

-

-

3 (30%)

-

-

3:07

Bain et al. [5]

50.1

range (16–76)

n = 21

10 (48%)

7/17 (41%)

4/12 (33%)

-

4/12 (33%)

-

3/4 (75%)

62.5-125 mg

2/2 (100%)

33 U/m

7 (33%)

4 (19%)

5.5 (4.1-7.3)

1:20

Kachi et al. [6]

40.8

18.1

n = 10*

3 (30%)

3/4 (75%)

-

-

10/11 (91%)#

120-240 mg+

-

-

-

-

0

3 (30%)

5-Jun

2:08

Elble et al. [8]

37

13.9

n = 5

2 (40%)

1/4 (25%)

1/3 (33%)##

12-15 mg++

0/3 (0%)

240 mg

0/2 (0%)

750 mg

-

-

1 (20%)

-

5-Jul

1:04

Modugno et al. [12]

51.7

16.2

n = 7

1 (14%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3 (43%)

-

5-Jul

1:06

Ondo & Satija [19]

47.2

18

n = 56

11 (20%)

-

-

-

31**

-

18**

-

17**

-

27 (48%)

-

-

41:15:00

Papapetropoulos & Singer [14]

48.4

15.5

n = 5

2 (40%)

0/5

1/2 (50%)

6 mg

-

-

-

-

4/4 (100%)

10-12.5 U/m

0

-

-

2:03

  1. *One patient had golfing tremor; # in five patients propranolol was administered intravenously and not orally, of whom 4 resonded; +only orally administered propranolol; ##2xtrihexyphenidyl, 1xbenztropine (no effect); ++dosage only for trihexyphenidyl; **only the number of treated patients was reported with a mean rating of success; ## not includeing the range given by Bain et al. Abbreviations: TST Task-specific tremor, PBT Primary bowing tremor, PWT Primary writing tremor, yrs years, SD standard deviation, Type B type B task-specific tremor, Antichol anticholinergic medication, Prop propranolol, Prim primidone, f female, m male, appr approximately.
  2. For the treatment and alcohol responsiveness, the numerator indicates positive response to the respective medication/alcohol whereas the denominator indicates the number of patients treated with the respective medicament/alcohol in the respective study.