Successful treatment of spasmodic dysphonia using IMS :A case report

Ahn, Kang; Jhun, Hyung Joon; Lee, Sang Chul

Case Report

General Article

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2009;4(3):218-220.
Published online July 31, 2009.

Successful treatment of spasmodic dysphonia using IMS :A case report

Kang Ahn, Hyung Joon Jhun, Sang Chul Lee

¹Chronic Pain Management Center, Cha Biomedical Center, Kangnam Cha Hospital, Pochon Cha University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. sangclee@snu.ac.kr

Abstract

Spasmodic dysphonia is a voice disorder that's characterized by intermittent, involuntary tightening or constriction of the larynx during phonation.This paper describes the case of a 45-yr-old female who suffered from phonation difficulties along with posterior and anterior neck pain.She was diagnosed with adductor type spasmodic dysphonia, which is a chronic disorder involving hyperadduction of the vocal mechanism and a resultant vocal arrest.The neural innervation of the intrinsic laryngeal musculature and the cervical nerves too may well be amenable to intramuscular stimulation therapy.

Key Words: dry needling, dysphonia, intramuscular stimulation