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 ...

In the trial of more than 100 patients, a single dose of sodium oxybate significantly improved symptoms of patients with alcohol-responsive LD without causing serious side effects. A single dose of ...

A musician takes up his/her violin and starts to play, but rather than gripping the strings, the fingers seize up—and this happens every time he/she takes up the instrument. Such a movement ...

NICE, France — Yips, a focal task–specific dystonia, may be more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study of golfers. It may run as high as 5.7% in this population, and although it ...

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

Saxophonist Joey Berkley lost his ability to play due to the muscular disorder focal dystonia, but experimental treatment has given him enough... An electrode in the brain restores the career of ...

April 29, 2004 (San Francisco) — Botulinum toxin type A (Botox) treatments offer at least some benefit to nearly two thirds of patients with focal hand dystonia; however, many patients discontinue ...