Dystonia
Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder syndrome in which it had repetitive muscle contractions result in twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal positions.[1] The movements may look like tremors. Dystonia is often intensified or exacerbated by physical activity, and symptoms may progress into adjacent muscles.[2]
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| A person with medication-induced dystonia |
Dystonia Media
Schematic representation of a patient with cervical dystonia, with deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes implanted in the internal globus pallidus (GPi)
References
- ↑ Dystonias Fact Sheet - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. www.ninds.nih.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ Balint, Bettina. Dystonia. Current Opinion in Neurology 27 (4) (2014). p. 468–76. doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000114.
