Wilson K.W. Fung MBBCh, Srdjan Sumarac BEng, Gianluca Sorrento PhD, Brendan Santyr MD, Luka Milosevic PhD, Anthony E. Lang MD, Andres M. Lozano MD, PhD, Suneil K. Kalia MD, PhD, Alfonso Fasano MD, PhD, FAAN
Orthostatic tremor (OT) is a rare movement disorder characterized by a feeling of unsteadiness and a high-frequency tremor in the legs (13–18 Hz) relieved by sitting or walking.
Objectives
The aims were to study the brain electrophysiology captured chronically in a person with medication-refractory OT while standing and walking and in the semi-recumbent position using bilateral ventral intermedius nucleus deep brain stimulation (DBS) (Medtronic Percept PC) and to describe the clinical use of closed-loop DBS.
Methods
A sensing survey was used to capture baseline local field potentials (LFPs) while standing. Livestreamed LFPs were synchronized with data collected from two accelerometers (legs) and gait analysis during OFF stimulation and continuous and closed-loop DBS.
Results
Strong oscillatory coupling between thalamic LFP and leg tremor with significant coherence at 14.65 Hz was found during weight-bearing. Single-threshold adaptive DBS (sensing at this frequency) was superior to continuous stimulation in reducing tremor and stimulation-related gait ataxia.
期刊介绍:
Movement Disorders publishes a variety of content types including Reviews, Viewpoints, Full Length Articles, Historical Reports, Brief Reports, and Letters. The journal considers original manuscripts on topics related to the diagnosis, therapeutics, pharmacology, biochemistry, physiology, etiology, genetics, and epidemiology of movement disorders. Appropriate topics include Parkinsonism, Chorea, Tremors, Dystonia, Myoclonus, Tics, Tardive Dyskinesia, Spasticity, and Ataxia.