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Dystonia involves involuntary muscle contractions, but you're not out of options. Discover how botulinum toxin, DBS, and ...
Dystonia is a movement disorder in which a person's muscles contract uncontrollably. It affects about 1% of humans, and women are more prone to it than men.
Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes muscles to contract involuntarily, often leading to repetitive or twisting movements in different parts of the body. While the condition is not typically ...
Focal dystonia is a neurological disorder that causes involuntary movements or muscle spasms. It is a lifelong condition, but medications can relieve symptoms.
People with dystonia display repetitive movements that follow a pattern while chorea movements are random. Learn more about dystonia and chorea.
Dystonia refers to a range of movement disorders characterized by muscle spasms and contractions. The contractions may be sustained or intermittent and are often awkward and sometimes painful. In ...
Sodium oxybate (Xyrem), a drug approved to treat people with narcolepsy, provided temporary relief for laryngeal dystonia patients whose symptoms were alcohol-responsive, a phase IIb, double-blind ...
Patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (also known as the complex regional pain syndrome) may have dystonia, which is often unresponsive to treatment. Some forms of dystonia respond to the intr ...
They're called the "yips" and were thought to be psychological, but those constant muscle contractions are very real.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spasmodic dysphonia, a voice disorder caused by a malfunction in the brain. Here’s what to know.
Dystonia is a complex neurological movement disorder that has severe limiting consequences for those affected. Dr Ishu Goyal, consultant-neurology at the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital in ...
Sodium oxybate provided temporary relief for laryngeal dystonia patients who were alcohol-responsive. The neurologic disorder causes laryngeal muscle spasms, leading to a chronically strained ...