During continuous intrathecal administration of baclofen, the dystonic posture of her shoulder resolved, the dystonia of the fingers became less severe, and the flexion postures of her elbow and ...

Essential tremor is often familial, with a typically autosomal dominant pattern. Mutations have been found in some families but not others, and not in patients who fit the current definition of ...

Comforting behavior mistaken for movement disorder Masturbation in young females can mimic paroxysmal dystonic posturing Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Dystonic tremor may be overlooked because it is so mild or appears in response to a compensatory change in posture. It may also be misdiagnosed as another type of tremor such as essential. Mechanism ...

Viewing the episodes videotaped by parents, Mink determined the children were not suffering from dystonic posturing. One child was distracted out of the episode with the promise of a cookie.

Can strike at any age: Dystonia is a movement disorder in which the muscles contract repetitively and involuntarily and ...

Clinicians learned that her seizures lasted about 2 minutes, and were usually "accompanied by manual automatisms of either hand and concomitant dystonic posturing of the contralateral arm." ...

"In contrast, there were prominent hyperkinetic movements of the left side of her body with dystonic posturing of the left upper and lower limb and choreiform movements," they wrote.

Cervical dystonia is a condition ... Spasmodic torticollis is a condition that can even affect balance as the head and neck are pulled into an abnormal posture which makes it difficult for the ...

Her dystonia also affects her posture, pulling her neck to the side. Since she cannot work, she spends her time painting, baking, gardening and taking care of her 12-year-old daughter, Selena.

She had distal limb dystonia; both wrists were held in a flexed posture with hyperextended metacarpophalangeal joints, and halluces were spontaneously extended (striatal toe sign). She appeared ...