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tizanidine and Cervical Dystonia

tizanidine has been researched along with Cervical Dystonia in 1 studies

tizanidine: RN given refers to parent cpd; structure
tizanidine : 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole substituted at C-4 by a Delta(1)-imidazolin-2-ylamino group and at C-4 by a chloro group. It is an agonist at alpha2-adrenergic receptor sites.

Cervical Dystonia: A common form of DYSTONIA due to involuntary sustained or spasmodic, repetitive muscle contractions in the neck region. According to the position of the twisted neck and head, cervical dystonia can be categorized as torticollis, laterocollis, retrocollis, and a combination of these abnormal postures.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"A randomized double-blind cross-over study was performed to compare the efficacy of Tizanidine to that of placebo in the treatment of spasmodic torticollis."9.05Spasmodic torticollis: treatment with Tizanidine. ( de Jong, P; Lakke, JP; ten Houten, R; van den Burg, W; van Weerden, TW; Wesseling, H, 1984)
"A randomized double-blind cross-over study was performed to compare the efficacy of Tizanidine to that of placebo in the treatment of spasmodic torticollis."5.05Spasmodic torticollis: treatment with Tizanidine. ( de Jong, P; Lakke, JP; ten Houten, R; van den Burg, W; van Weerden, TW; Wesseling, H, 1984)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19901 (100.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
ten Houten, R1
Lakke, JP1
de Jong, P1
van Weerden, TW1
van den Burg, W1
Wesseling, H1

Trials

1 trial available for tizanidine and Cervical Dystonia

ArticleYear
Spasmodic torticollis: treatment with Tizanidine.
    Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 1984, Volume: 70, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Clinical Trials as Topic; Clonidine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Doub

1984