They can mimic organic movement disorders, such as tremor, dystonia, myoclonus, parkinsonism, tics and paroxysmal dyskinesias. Although a FMD may resemble or accompany an organic disorder, a skilled ...

Dystonia, a movement disorder that features involuntary contractions of the muscles often leading to functional impairment, has many forms. Focal dystonia is localized to a single body part and ...

She is diagnosed with dystonia, a movement disorder that also comes with muscle pain, fatigue, issues with balancing and vision problems, and which currently has no cure. This late-in-life ...

when her dystonia's really bad. Whether she's got a tummy ache or an earache. So it's really hard to help her. "She can't do Makaton or sign language because of the erratic movements. So the only ...

The program is dedicated to training young neurologists to become experts in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease, atypical parkinsonism, a broad spectrum of hyperkinetic and other ...

uncontrolled and painful muscle movements. The youngster suffers from a rare genetic condition called dystonia which left her screaming in pain, unable to eat and causing breathing difficulties.