To evaluate the importance of dystonia features that can predict concurrent tremor prevalence and tremor irregularity. To cluster dystonia cases based on important data-driven features using a large, ...

They produce different symptoms and affect different body parts. In some cases, dystonia may affect the whole body. Some people also have tremors and other neurologic features. Different conditions ...

Movement disorders like Parkinson's disease, tremors and dystonia affect the brain, spine and nerves, causing abnormal, slow or limited movement. For those who have been diagnosed with a movement ...

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 and much less well-known ...

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 voice.

Many neurological conditions that involve involuntary muscle contractions have long been considered as diseases of the brain. However, both the brain and the spinal cord contain many nerve cells ...

Management of Essential Tremor prioritizes functional improvement over symptom elimination, and protocols begin with ...

HONOLULU, HI – Researchers from Beth Israel Medical Center in New York have demonstrated that deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus (near the thalamus) is a safe and highly effective therapy ...

IT’S CALLED AN ESSENTIAL TREMOR, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE A TREMOR, BUT THEY DON’T KNOW WHY YOU HAVE IT JOHN CALDWELL RECEIVED THAT DIAGNOSIS AT JUST 12 YEARS OLD. HIS HANDS WOULD SHAKE AND OVER THE YEARS ...

From 2000 to 2005, a neurological disorder gradually twisted Leslie Harrell's body. Her head was bent over to her left shoulder, and the top half of her body was pulled down to her left hip. Dystonia ...