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 ...

Jonathan Allen first picked up the trombone in the fourth grade. After playing for years, he eventually earned a doctorate in musical arts and a teaching position at the University of Iowa. Then, one ...

- VIM0423, a potential first-in-class oral medicine for isolated dystonia, is currently being studied in a Phase 1 clinical trial; Phase 2 planned for fourth quarter of 2025 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 29, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — September is National Dystonia Awareness Month. Dystonia is a chronic movement disorder affecting the brain and nervous system. If you are like a lot of people, you might not ...

MICKLETON, N.J. (WPVI) -- Nearly everyone gets a muscle cramp from time to time. When muscle contractions won't stop and can't be controlled, that's called dystonia. A South Jersey man is now sharing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dystonic cerebral palsy presents several challenges to successful symptom management. A pilot study of ...

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 ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --A new award will help early career researchers who study dystonia, the Michael J. Fox Foundation announced Tuesday. The new Bachmann-Strauss Early Career Award is a two-year, $150,000 ...

Sept. 15, 2004 -- Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injections reduce voice tremor and speech disability in the absence of spasmodic dysphonia or head, mouth, jaw, or facial tremor, according to the ...

Interim data from the ongoing EPITOME trial1 showed that 45.7% of stroke survivors with paresis developed post-stroke spasticity within 1 year<1% of stroke survivors receive BoNT-A treatment for ...