%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Abnormal Movements in Children from 2 Months to 15 Years in the Pediatric Department of Gabriel Toure University Hospital Centre of Bamako
%A Karamoko Sacko
%A Djeneba Konat¨¦
%A Amadou Tour¨¦
%A Belco Maiga
%A Fousseyni Traor¨¦
%A Adama Dembel¨¦
%A Pierre Togo
%A Abdoul Karim Doumbia
%A Andoule Guindo
%A Rokia Togola
%A Oumar Coulibaly
%A Diakite Fatoumata L¨¦onie Francois
%A Ibrahima Ahamadou
%A Kalirou Traor¨¦
%A Abdoul Aziz Diakit¨¦
%A Boubacar Togo
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 170-178
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2022.121018
%X <strong>Introduction:</strong> <span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Abnormal or involuntary movements correspond to a disorder in the
programming and/or execution of movement. They have two characteristics; they
are hardly or not at all controlled by the will and occur in the absence of any
paralysis. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> To determine the epidemiological, clinical </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and etiological characteristics of abnormal
(involuntary) movements in c</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">hildren aged 2 months to 15 years. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Patients
and Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> This was a prospective, descriptive study from January 2016 to
December 2018 of children aged </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2 months to
15 years seen in neuropediatric consultations for abnormal m</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ovements. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> During the study period 1920 children were seen in neuropediatric consultations
and 57 presented with abnormal movements, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">i.e.</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> a frequency of 2.96%. Children aged between 6 and 60 months were the most
affected (54.4%). The sex ratio was 1.53. Movement abnormality was the most
common reason for consultation (45.7%), followed by apyretic convulsions (28%),
and laxity (5.3%). The onset was progressive in 68.4% of children. The main
types of abnormal movements were chorea (31.6%), dystonia (26.3%), myoclonus
(17.5%), tremor in 10.5%. The causes were infectious (73.68%). </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Abnormal
movements are rare in paediatric practice. They have multiple causes and their
management is urgent in certain situations that can jeopardise the future of
children.</span></span></span></span>
%K Abnormal Movements
%K Convulsions
%K Children
%K Bamako
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=115672