The standard treatment for cervical dystonia is periodic injections of ... appears to be more efficacious than anticholinergic oral medications. Volkmann and colleagues (2014) aimed to ascertain ...

nch.ma.uni-heidelberg.de Objectives: Surgical treatment of complex cervical dystonia and of cervical dyskinesias associated with cervical myelopathy is challenging. In this prospective study, the long ...

Dystonia is a common disorder of movement and tone, characterised by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal movements, postures or both. Children and young people with dystonia ...

Objective: To develop and test a questionnaire for measuring quality of life in patients with craniocervical dystonia. Methods: A 29-item pool was developed based on semi-structured interviews of ...

When it affects the head (cervical dystonia), it leads to bending of ... Certain drugs, such as lesuride and antipsychotic ...

Dystonia may be treated with a combination of oral medications, botulinum toxin injections (Botox, Xeomin, Dysport and Myobloc), speech therapy, physical therapy and more. Our multidisciplinary team ...

Despite being on several dystonia medications, there was only partial, temporary improvement. However, he found substantial relief through Lesioning surgery (of the left ventro-oralis nucleus of ...

This therapy is available for patients with blepharospasm, hemifacial spasms, cervical dystonia/torticollis, upper limb spasticity and other medical indications. There are two medications used to ...