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, ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Over the past two decades, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has supplanted lesioning techniques for the treatment of movement disorders, and has been shown to be safe and efficacious. The primary ...

NICE, France — Depression is the strongest long-term predictor of health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), followed by generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), for patients with isolated dystonia, a new ...

Five-year Clinical Research Center grant awarded to Mass Eye and Ear principal investigator, Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD, Dr med, will spur research into better understanding and treating laryngeal ...

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.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Ivanhoe Newswire) – People with a disorder called dystonia experience involuntary muscle contractions, causing painful contortions and limiting movement. Surgeons have a simple ...

Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD, Dr med, director of laryngology research at Mass Eye and Ear, has been awarded an $11.9 million P50 Clinical Research Center Grant from the National Institute on Deafness ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...