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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 ...
YOU have likely heard of dystonia, but not many of us will really understand what the condition is. Here are the basics about the life changing disorder. What is dystonia and what are the symptoms?… ...
Focal dystonia is a neurological disorder involving involuntary spasms and cramping in muscles, such as the hands and fingers. It can result from overuse and tends to affect musicians, golfers, or ...
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 ...
Dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder characterized by involuntary, sustained, patterned, repetitive muscle contractions, usually of opposing muscles. These contractions, which typically ...
Dystonia is a condition that causes involuntary or unusual movements. There are several different types of dystonia. Focal dystonia affects a single body part, which is usually the fingers or ...
At least per the medical literature, runner’s dystonia is exceedingly rare. The review and update Cutsforth-Gregory published in 2016 nearly doubled the number of reported cases, from 21 to 41.
Dystonia’s origins have been isolated to the basal ganglia, the area deep inside the brain that controls cognition, coordination and voluntary movement.
Dystonia is currently an active area of investigation, with new therapies continually being developed in the hope to find a better treatment. My study focuses on DYT1 early onset torsion dystonia, ...
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 ...