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Motor seizure

MedGen UID:
148322
Concept ID:
C0751494
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Convulsive Seizure; Convulsive Seizures; Motor Seizure; Motor Seizures; Seizure, Convulsive; Seizure, Motor; Seizures, Convulsive; Seizures, Motor
 
HPO: HP:0020219

Definition

A motor seizure is a type of seizure that is characterized at onset by involvement of the skeletal musculature. The motor event could consist of an increase (positive) or decrease (negative) in muscle contraction to produce a movement. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMotor seizure

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pellinen J, Tafuro E, Baehr A, Barnard S, Holmes M, French J; Human Epilepsy Project Investigators
Acad Emerg Med 2021 Apr;28(4):412-420. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1111/acem.14114. PMID: 32810323
Takala CR, Leung JG, Murphy LL, Geske JR, Palmer BA
J ECT 2017 Sep;33(3):185-189. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000423. PMID: 28570500
Davis G, Makdissi M
J Sci Med Sport 2016 Nov;19(11):898-902. Epub 2016 Feb 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.02.005. PMID: 27117715

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Knight EMP, Amin S, Bahi-Buisson N, Benke TA, Cross JH, Demarest ST, Olson HE, Specchio N, Fleming TR, Aimetti AA, Gasior M, Devinsky O; Marigold Trial Group
Lancet Neurol 2022 May;21(5):417-427. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00077-1. PMID: 35429480
Baumgartner C, Whitmire LE, Voyles SR, Cardenas DP
Seizure 2021 Mar;86:52-59. Epub 2020 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.11.013. PMID: 33550134
Chiao S, Isenberg K, North CS
J ECT 2020 Jun;36(2):115-122. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000621. PMID: 31609275
Takala CR, Leung JG, Murphy LL, Geske JR, Palmer BA
J ECT 2017 Sep;33(3):185-189. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000423. PMID: 28570500
Singh PM, Arora S, Borle A, Varma P, Trikha A, Goudra BG
J ECT 2015 Dec;31(4):213-25. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000212. PMID: 25634566

Diagnosis

Muthaffar OY, Alyazidi AS
Neurosciences (Riyadh) 2024 May;29(2):71-76. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2024.2.20230074. PMID: 38740401Free PMC Article
Wu S, Nordli DR
Handb Clin Neurol 2023;196:295-304. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-98817-9.00014-4. PMID: 37620075
Pellinen J, French J, Knupp KG
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2021 Nov 24;21(12):71. doi: 10.1007/s11910-021-01161-8. PMID: 34817723
Unterberger I, Trinka E, Kaplan PW, Walser G, Luef G, Bauer G
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):523-529. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13996. PMID: 29327337
Yong T, Chayasirisobhon S, Yoshina JS, Tin SN, Tehrani K, Skinner SE, Markus E, Spurgeon BD, Gurbani S
Clin EEG Neurosci 2008 Jan;39(1):28-32. doi: 10.1177/155005940803900110. PMID: 18318416

Therapy

Muthaffar OY, Alyazidi AS
Neurosciences (Riyadh) 2024 May;29(2):71-76. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2024.2.20230074. PMID: 38740401Free PMC Article
Knight EMP, Amin S, Bahi-Buisson N, Benke TA, Cross JH, Demarest ST, Olson HE, Specchio N, Fleming TR, Aimetti AA, Gasior M, Devinsky O; Marigold Trial Group
Lancet Neurol 2022 May;21(5):417-427. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(22)00077-1. PMID: 35429480
Chiao S, Isenberg K, North CS
J ECT 2020 Jun;36(2):115-122. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000621. PMID: 31609275
Takala CR, Leung JG, Murphy LL, Geske JR, Palmer BA
J ECT 2017 Sep;33(3):185-189. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000423. PMID: 28570500
Yong T, Chayasirisobhon S, Yoshina JS, Tin SN, Tehrani K, Skinner SE, Markus E, Spurgeon BD, Gurbani S
Clin EEG Neurosci 2008 Jan;39(1):28-32. doi: 10.1177/155005940803900110. PMID: 18318416

Prognosis

Andrade C
J Clin Psychiatry 2023 Feb 6;84(1) doi: 10.4088/JCP.23f14797. PMID: 36752751
Tedeschi EA, Patusco LM, Zahler S, Martini M, Chiavaro da Fonseca R, Magalhães PVS
J ECT 2021 Mar 1;37(1):46-50. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000716. PMID: 32881781
Takala CR, Leung JG, Murphy LL, Geske JR, Palmer BA
J ECT 2017 Sep;33(3):185-189. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000423. PMID: 28570500
Marashly A, Ewida A, Agarwal R, Younes K, Lüders HO
Epilepsia 2016 Mar;57(3):369-75. Epub 2016 Feb 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13322. PMID: 26864781
Tenney JR, Schapiro MB
Neurology 2012 Jul 3;79(1):e1-4. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825dce5f. PMID: 22753451

Clinical prediction guides

Olson HE, Amin S, Bahi-Buisson N, Devinsky O, Marsh ED, Pestana-Knight E, Rajaraman RR, Aimetti AA, Rybak E, Kong F, Miller I, Hulihan J, Demarest S
Epilepsia 2024 Jan;65(1):37-45. Epub 2023 Nov 29 doi: 10.1111/epi.17826. PMID: 37950390
Wu S, Nordli DR
Handb Clin Neurol 2023;196:295-304. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-98817-9.00014-4. PMID: 37620075
Tedeschi EA, Patusco LM, Zahler S, Martini M, Chiavaro da Fonseca R, Magalhães PVS
J ECT 2021 Mar 1;37(1):46-50. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000716. PMID: 32881781
Unterberger I, Trinka E, Kaplan PW, Walser G, Luef G, Bauer G
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):523-529. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13996. PMID: 29327337
Marashly A, Ewida A, Agarwal R, Younes K, Lüders HO
Epilepsia 2016 Mar;57(3):369-75. Epub 2016 Feb 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13322. PMID: 26864781

Recent systematic reviews

Singh PM, Arora S, Borle A, Varma P, Trikha A, Goudra BG
J ECT 2015 Dec;31(4):213-25. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000212. PMID: 25634566
Hooten WM, Rasmussen KG Jr
J ECT 2008 Sep;24(3):208-23. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31815bfe2a. PMID: 18628717

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