World championships silver medalist and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher announced today that she has been diagnosed with runner's dystonia. "For the past year I've been quietly battling for my health," ...

Dystonia is a medical term given for a range of movement disorders that cause muscle spasms and contractions. These movements can be repetitive and cause awkward postures – these can sometimes be ...

Dystonia refers to a range of movement disorders characterized by muscle spasms and contractions. The contractions may be sustained or intermittent and are often awkward and sometimes painful. In some ...

Q: My cousin was diagnosed with dystonia, what is this? A: Dystonia is a disorder of involuntary muscle contractions that may cause repetitive and/or abnormal movement or postures, for example ...

BACKGROUND: Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions and spasms of muscles. These actions force the body into repetitive, often twisting, movements and awkward, ...

While narrating an incident of a 45-year-old hairdresser, Srinu, Dr Sudhir Kumar, Neurologist, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, stated that the barber's fingers and arm twisted painfully, particularly ...

Dystonia is a medical term given for a range of movement disorders that cause muscle spasms and contractions YOU have likely heard of dystonia, but not many of us will really understand what the ...

Dystonia is a neurological condition that causes involuntary movements or contractions of muscles. The most common onset is between the ages of 40 and 60. The condition may be primary -- ie, occurs ...

The dystonias are movement disorders in which sustained muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures. The movements, which are involuntary and sometimes painful, ...