The Dystonia Discomfort Scale (<scp>DDS</scp>): a novel instrument to monitor the temporal profile of botulinum toxin therapy in cervical dystonia

Abstract

The Dystonia Discomfort Scale is a novel, easy-to-use, self-assessment scale for valid and sensitive monitoring of the temporal profile of the effect of BT therapy in patients with CD. DDS provides important additional information about onset, duration, waning, stability and reproducibility of the effects of BT therapy.