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Midline hand movements

MedGen UID:
1842123
•Concept ID:
C5826917
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
HPO: HP:5200009

Definition

Hand stereotypies within the medial plane of the body. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMidline hand movements

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Kallmann syndrome: phenotype and genotype of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
Stamou MI, Georgopoulos NA
Metabolism 2018 Sep;86:124-134. Epub 2017 Nov 3 doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2017.10.012. PMID: 29108899Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Alpha and beta neural oscillations differentially reflect age-related differences in bilateral coordination.
Shih PC, Steele CJ, Nikulin VV, Gundlach C, Kruse J, Villringer A, Sehm B
Neurobiol Aging 2021 Aug;104:82-91. Epub 2021 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.03.016. PMID: 33979705
Left hemisphere damage produces deficits in predictive control of bilateral coordination.
Schaffer JE, Maenza C, Good DC, Przybyla A, Sainburg RL
Exp Brain Res 2020 Dec;238(12):2733-2744. Epub 2020 Sep 24 doi: 10.1007/s00221-020-05928-2. PMID: 32970199Free PMC Article
Loss of Midline Function in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy Patients.
Abzug JM, Wyrick-Glover TO, Case AL, Zlotolow DA, Kozin SH
J Pediatr Orthop 2019 Mar;39(3):e232-e235. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001251. PMID: 30211803
Contralateral C-7 transfer: is direct repair really superior to grafting?
Bhatia A, Doshi P, Koul A, Shah V, Brown JM, Salama M
Neurosurg Focus 2017 Jul;43(1):E3. doi: 10.3171/2017.4.FOCUS1794. PMID: 28669300
Development, and construct validity and internal consistency of the Grasp and Reach Assessment of Brisbane (GRAB) for infants with asymmetric brain injury.
Perez M, Ziviani J, Guzzetta A, Ware RS, Tealdi G, Burzi V, Boyd RN
Infant Behav Dev 2016 Nov;45(Pt A):110-123. Epub 2016 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2016.10.004. PMID: 27810684

Diagnosis

Bilateral arm movements are coordinated via task-dependent negotiations between independent and codependent control, but not by a "coupling" control policy.
Kitchen NM, Yuk J, Przybyla A, Scheidt RA, Sainburg RL
J Neurophysiol 2023 Sep 1;130(3):497-515. Epub 2023 Aug 2 doi: 10.1152/jn.00501.2022. PMID: 37529832Free PMC Article
Effect of Avatar Appearance on Detection Thresholds for Remapped Hand Movements.
Ogawa N, Narumi T, Hirose M
IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph 2021 Jul;27(7):3182-3197. Epub 2021 May 27 doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2020.2964758. PMID: 31940540
Loss of Midline Function in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy Patients.
Abzug JM, Wyrick-Glover TO, Case AL, Zlotolow DA, Kozin SH
J Pediatr Orthop 2019 Mar;39(3):e232-e235. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001251. PMID: 30211803
Kallmann syndrome: phenotype and genotype of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
Stamou MI, Georgopoulos NA
Metabolism 2018 Sep;86:124-134. Epub 2017 Nov 3 doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2017.10.012. PMID: 29108899Free PMC Article
A visual tracking machine.
Bergmann K
Am J Occup Ther 1977 Aug;31(7):421-4. PMID: 888902

Therapy

Selective chromatid segregation mechanism invoked for the human congenital mirror hand movement disorder development by RAD51 mutations: a hypothesis.
Klar AJ
Int J Biol Sci 2014;10(9):1018-23. Epub 2014 Sep 10 doi: 10.7150/ijbs.9886. PMID: 25210500Free PMC Article
Sensorimotor performance asymmetries predict hand selection.
Przybyla A, Coelho CJ, Akpinar S, Kirazci S, Sainburg RL
Neuroscience 2013 Jan 3;228:349-60. Epub 2012 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.10.046. PMID: 23111126Free PMC Article
Arm-trunk coordination in the absence of proprioception.
Tunik E, Poizner H, Levin MF, Adamovich SV, Messier J, Lamarre Y, Feldman AG
Exp Brain Res 2003 Dec;153(3):343-55. Epub 2003 Sep 19 doi: 10.1007/s00221-003-1576-4. PMID: 14504854
The preparation, execution and suppression of copied movements in the human brain.
Krams M, Rushworth MF, Deiber MP, Frackowiak RS, Passingham RE
Exp Brain Res 1998 Jun;120(3):386-98. doi: 10.1007/s002210050412. PMID: 9628425
Psychophysical properties of the trunk midline.
Spidalieri G, Sgolastra R
J Neurophysiol 1997 Jul;78(1):545-9. doi: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.545. PMID: 9242304

Prognosis

Midfrontal Theta Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Facilitates Motor Coordination in Dyadic Human-Avatar Interactions.
Boukarras S, Özkan DG, Era V, Moreau Q, Tieri G, Candidi M
J Cogn Neurosci 2022 Mar 31;34(5):897-915. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01834. PMID: 35171250
Cortical mu rhythms during action and passive music listening.
Ross JM, Comstock DC, Iversen JR, Makeig S, Balasubramaniam R
J Neurophysiol 2022 Jan 1;127(1):213-224. Epub 2021 Dec 22 doi: 10.1152/jn.00346.2021. PMID: 34936516Free PMC Article
Alpha and beta neural oscillations differentially reflect age-related differences in bilateral coordination.
Shih PC, Steele CJ, Nikulin VV, Gundlach C, Kruse J, Villringer A, Sehm B
Neurobiol Aging 2021 Aug;104:82-91. Epub 2021 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.03.016. PMID: 33979705
Left hemisphere damage produces deficits in predictive control of bilateral coordination.
Schaffer JE, Maenza C, Good DC, Przybyla A, Sainburg RL
Exp Brain Res 2020 Dec;238(12):2733-2744. Epub 2020 Sep 24 doi: 10.1007/s00221-020-05928-2. PMID: 32970199Free PMC Article
Is Hand Selection Modulated by Cognitive-perceptual Load?
Liang J, Wilkinson K, Sainburg RL
Neuroscience 2018 Jan 15;369:363-373. Epub 2017 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.11.005. PMID: 29129794Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Event-related desynchronization and synchronization in multiple sclerosis.
Bardel B, Chalah MA, Bensais-Rueda R, Créange A, Lefaucheur JP, Ayache SS
Mult Scler Relat Disord 2024 Jun;86:105601. Epub 2024 Apr 4 doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2024.105601. PMID: 38604003
Midfrontal Theta Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Facilitates Motor Coordination in Dyadic Human-Avatar Interactions.
Boukarras S, Özkan DG, Era V, Moreau Q, Tieri G, Candidi M
J Cogn Neurosci 2022 Mar 31;34(5):897-915. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01834. PMID: 35171250
Cortical mu rhythms during action and passive music listening.
Ross JM, Comstock DC, Iversen JR, Makeig S, Balasubramaniam R
J Neurophysiol 2022 Jan 1;127(1):213-224. Epub 2021 Dec 22 doi: 10.1152/jn.00346.2021. PMID: 34936516Free PMC Article
Alpha and beta neural oscillations differentially reflect age-related differences in bilateral coordination.
Shih PC, Steele CJ, Nikulin VV, Gundlach C, Kruse J, Villringer A, Sehm B
Neurobiol Aging 2021 Aug;104:82-91. Epub 2021 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.03.016. PMID: 33979705
Loss of Midline Function in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy Patients.
Abzug JM, Wyrick-Glover TO, Case AL, Zlotolow DA, Kozin SH
J Pediatr Orthop 2019 Mar;39(3):e232-e235. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001251. PMID: 30211803

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