Dystonia can affect everyone, from small children to older adults. Childhood dystonia is usually generalized dystonia (affecting most body parts). It is usually caused by genetic factors, while ...

Tardive dyskinesia shares features with other movement disorders, such as Tourette syndrome and drug-induced Parkinsonism. But a diagnostic evaluation can reveal which condition is causing the ...

Functional movement disorders (FMD), previously referred to as “psychogenic” movement disorders, are characterized by abnormal movements, postures or spasms, such as shaking (irregular tremor) or ...

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 ...

Adult-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that primarily affects the motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy. SMA is part of a group ...

A 59-year-old woman with a background of HIV living with an uncontrollable movement disorder presented to Eoghan Donlon, MB, BCh BAO, MRCPI, of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, ...

DEAR ERIC: I am a young adult with a movement disorder similar to Parkinson’s. It causes uncontrollable, violent, jerky, muscle movements, called dyskinesias, in nearly every part of my body. These ...

Using a common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in ...