Dystonia is a very complex, highly variable neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions. As many as 250,000 people in the United States have dystonia, making it the ...

Bilateral pallidal deep-brain neurostimulation (DBS) has been shown to improve motor symptoms and overall quality of life in patients with severe primary generalized dystonia, but the long-term ...

Children and adolescents who received deep brain stimulation for generalized dystonia maintained significant symptom relief for up to eight years, according to a study presented today at the 12th ...

April 24, 2009 — An implanted deep-brain-stimulation device is a safe and effective treatment for primary generalized dystonia, a new long-term study suggests. The work, published in the April issue ...

Two patients with primary generalized dystonia successfully treated with bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) continued to experience relief of symptoms for at least 2 months after active ...

Dystonia is characterized by twisting postures, tremor, and pain resulting from sustained muscle contractions. Idiopathic dystonia, in which dystonia is the only neurologic symptom, follows a very ...

Recent discoveries made by researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin may prove vital in improving the treatment of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder. Published in PNAS, their ...

Dystonias are neurological disorders that can cause jerky movements, muscle spasms, repetitive actions, and unusual and awkward postures. Dystonia is a type of involuntary movement, and people ...

Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly ...

Dystonia can affect everyone, from small children to older adults. Childhood dystonia is usually generalized dystonia (affecting most body parts). It is usually caused by genetic factors, while ...