January 22, 2008 – Muscle vibration applied to small hand muscles of patients with focal hand dystonia may help regain hand motor control, a new study suggests. The study, published in the January 22 ...

BARCELONA, Spain — For patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), botulinum toxin A injections relieve disabling blepharospasm and neck and hand dystonia, a relatively large retrospective ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is being increasingly explored as a therapeutic tool for movement disorders associated with deficient inhibition throughout the central nervous ...

One day, my hand stopped speaking to my brain. As a doctor and flute player, I had to try to understand this strange affliction The morning after performing the concert of my life, I could no longer ...

Many patients suffer from debilitating health conditions that cause tremors and dystonia, and prevent them from performing basic regular activities like eating, holding a glass, using a cup or a spoon ...

Any musician will tell you, making music is their passion. But for 22-year-old Megan Coiley, her drive to become a virtuoso almost ended her career. Coiley started playing piano when she was just 3 ...

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones. THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW: Experts estimate that a minimum of 300,000 people in North America have a form of dystonia. Dystonia can be caused by genetic mutations, ...

A 53-year-old working professional battling dystonia has been successfully treated with advanced lesioning surgery in Mumbai. The surgery promises to offer renewed hope to him and other patients with ...

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Pankaj Agarwal, Head of the Department of Neurology at Gleneagles Hospital in Mumbai's Parel, shared, “Patients suffering from them can be quite debilitated by ...