The primary objective is to study the efficacy of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injected via kinematic parameters in the treatment of unilateral/bilateral upper extremity tremor in Parkinson's disease (PD) tremor. Kinematic assessment tools already developed in past clinical studies will be used in determining injection parameters. The objective is to study the composition of PD tremor using kinematic tools which may contribute to the knowledge of tremor complexity and contribute information that would benefit the development of injection parameters to improve efficacy and optimization of BoNT-A in tremor management. By injecting all bothersome tremulous upper limbs in Parkinson's disease patients, the investigators believe a greater improvement in Quality of Life on more daily tasks can be achieved compared to the investigator's earlier study in unilateral injections (REB#101749), which already showed significant improvement.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
London Health Sciences Centre
London, Ontario, Canada
Kinematic tremor severity
Change from pre to post-BoNT-A treatments in maximum angular tremor amplitude at the wrist in each treated arm. Angular tremor amplitude is one parameter reflecting the vectoral intensity of tremor segmented at each arm joint
Time frame: 42 weeks
Clinical tremor severity
Improvement in upper limb tremor severity as determined by an increase \>8 points on a standardized clinical assessment tool (Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Assessment Scale) pre and post BoNT-A injection using kinematic-determined injection parameters in both ET upper limbs
Time frame: 42 weeks
Accelerometric kinematic tremor severity
Change from pre and post-BoNT-A treatments in maximum log-transformed accelerometric tremor amplitude at wrist level (injected limb). Log-transformed accelerometric tremor amplitude is one parameter reflecting the non-vectoral intensity of tremor.
Time frame: 42 weeks
Quality of life measures
Quality of life for essential tremor questionnaire is used to measure the patient's impression of change due to treatment and its change on their quality of life.
Time frame: 42 weeks
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