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 some ...

Dystonia can affect everyone, from small children to older adults. Childhood dystonia is usually generalized dystonia (affecting most body parts). It is usually caused by genetic factors, while ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) When we think of movement disorders, the tremors associated with Parkinson's disease are probably what first spring to mind. However, there are other equally debilitating ...

Dystonia is a neurological disorder that causes painful muscle spasms. (Photo Credit: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Dystonia is a movement disorder in which some of your body ...

MENTION Parkinson’s Disease and many people will have had some form of interaction with the condition, from reading an awareness leaflet, though to personal experience of the disease itself. Dystonia ...

Noel Valero does indeed promise the world a rose garden. Tending to his roses at his home in West Windsor is part of the therapy that helps Valero deal with the neurological disorder that has put more ...

Oxford High class of 1972 graduate Sharon Stone Mazurek played basketball and field hockey, sang in musical theater and played guitar. Now, thanks to implants wired into her brain, she is able to walk ...

A study of Danish probands with primary torsion dystonia is presented. The probands were examined clinically and biochemically to exclude secondary dystonia. Mutation analyses for the GAG-deletion in ...

Parkinson’s disease and dystonia are both movement disorders that affect the nervous system, and while they may seem similar on the surface, they are quite different in their causes, onset, and ...