The impairment is task-specific for speech, leaving other functions of orofacial muscles, such as chewing or swallowing, unaffected (Kiziltan and Akalin, 1996), even though subtle, mostly subclinical ...

Dystonia involves involuntary muscle contractions, but you're not out of options. Discover how botulinum toxin, DBS, and therapy can restore control.

The sensation of pain in the jaw, face or head is never owing to just one cause. The body tends not to package its pain in ...

The shape and size of the face, jaws, and teeth are mainly inherited, but environmental factors can also have an impact. Factors as diverse as skeletal muscle pathology 1 and sucking a digit (thumb or ...

Dopa-responsive dystonia Article References Comments ( 0 ) Hans Randby, Cathrin Lytomt Salvador, Mari Oppebøen, Inger Marie Skogseid, Jeanette Koht About the authors ...

Dystonia is a neurological symptom, for which there may be various causes. A distinction is made between primary and secondary dystonia. Dystonia induced by drug treatment is an example of a secondary ...

Background: Although movement disorders that occur following a stroke have long been recognised in short series of patients, their frequency and clinical and imaging features have not been reported in ...