Rhythmic head movements in a horse reminiscent to human head-banging rhythmic movement disorder

Rhythmic movement disorder, also known as jactatio capitis nocturna, is an infancy and childhood sleep-related disorder charactherized by repetitive movements occurring immediately prior to sleep onset and sustained into light sleep. We report a 19-year-old man with a history of headbanging and repetitive bodyrocking since infancy, occurring on a daily basis at sleep onset. He was born a premature baby but psychomotor milestones were unremarkable. Physical and neurological diagnostic workups were unremarkable. A hospital-based sleep study showed: total sleep time: 178 min; sleep efficiency index 35.8; sleep latency 65 min; REM latency 189 min. There were no respiratory events and head movements occurred at 4/min during wakefulness, stages 1 and 2 NREM sleep. No tonic or phasic electromyographic abnormalities were recorded during REM sleep. A clinical diagnosis of rhythmic movement disorder was performed on the basis of the clinical and sleep studies data. Clonazepam (0.5 mg/day) and midazolam (15 mg/day) yielded no clinical improvement. Imipramine (10 mg/day) produced good clinical outcome. In summary, we report a RMD case with atypical clinical and therapeutical features.

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Rhythmic movement disorder after general anesthesia

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology ◽

10.4103/0970-9185.98347 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 371 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ArneO Budde ◽

Sonia Vaida ◽

Megan Freestone-Bernd

Keyword(s):

General Anesthesia ◽

Movement Disorder ◽

Rhythmic Movement ◽

Rhythmic Movement Disorder

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Controlled Sleep Restriction for Rhythmic Movement Disorder

The Journal of Pediatrics ◽

10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.06.045 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 147 (3) ◽

pp. 393-395 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Tamar Etzioni ◽

Neri Katz ◽

Eli Hering ◽

Sarit Ravid ◽

Giora Pillar

Keyword(s):

Movement Disorder ◽

Rhythmic Movement ◽

Sleep Restriction ◽

Rhythmic Movement Disorder

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Hirayama disease associated with a severe rhythmic movement disorder involving neck flexions

Neurology ◽

10.1212/01.wnl.0000158678.17161.1b ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 64 (8) ◽

pp. 1478-1479 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

P. -Y. Jeannet ◽

T. Kuntzer ◽

T. Deonna ◽

E. Roulet-Perez

Keyword(s):

Movement Disorder ◽

Rhythmic Movement ◽

Hirayama Disease ◽

Rhythmic Movement Disorder

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Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder

Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology ◽

10.1016/b978-0-12-822963-7.00141-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

R. Manni ◽

M. Terzaghi

Keyword(s):

Movement Disorder ◽

Rhythmic Movement ◽

Rhythmic Movement Disorder

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Improving Other Sleep-Related Problems

When Children Don't Sleep Well: Therapist Guide ◽

10.1093/med:psych/9780195329476.003.0014 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 113-122

Author(s):

V. Mark Durand

Keyword(s):

Movement Disorder ◽

Rhythmic Movement ◽

Teeth Grinding ◽

Excessive Sleepiness ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

Rhythmic Movement Disorder

Chapter 15 discusses other sleep-related problems, such as sleepwalking, sleeping at the wrong times, excessive sleepiness, and nighttime problems related to anxiety, depression, headaches, rhythmic movement disorder and nighttime teeth grinding (nocturnal bruxism).

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