What is Dystonia?
Dystonia is a disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that cause slow repetitive movements or abnormal postures. The movements may be painful, and some in… Read More
Meige syndrome is a neurological disorder that is caused by involuntary muscle movement. This disorder usually affects eyes, face, and lower jaw. These muscle contractions are forceful, and… Read More
Motor PhysiologyBy: Dr. Abdulrahman Aqra MD MScThankful to the motor system, the living species sustain their needs and satisfy their instincts, and survive on this planet.The sensory system… Read More
ABSTRACTOromandibular dystonia is defined as closure of jaw usually associated with teeth grinding and clutched jaws that is also a type of focal dystonia. It may also lead to temporal-mandi… Read More
What does Botox have to do with dentistry? While long thought of as a treatment for cosmetic problems, such as eliminating lines on the face or other wrinkles, several therapeutic uses have… Read More
Eye twitching is a common condition, which also goes by the name blepharospasm. You have probably suffered from it at some point in life. The difference lies in the severity of the condition… Read More
Eye twitching is an eye condition which many of you looked at for entertaining in your childhood. Years later you’ll get to know, it’s a genuine eye complication. Get a good grip… Read More
Oromandibular dystonia (OMD) involves involuntary and repetitive jaw movements and is often accompanied by bruxism – clenching or grinding of the teeth. While oromandibular dystonia i… Read More
Abstact Oromandibular is a rare neuromuscular disorder of oromandibular region characterised by involuntary repetitive muscular contraction of oromandibular region. Its various physic… Read More
Botulinum toxin injections have proved to be a valuable treatment for movement disorders – including those that occur naturally, because of illness or injury and as a side effect of m… Read More
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is used to treat neurological diseases such as dystonia, epilepsy, essential tremor, and Parkinson’s disease. DBS applies electrical stimulation to specifi… Read More
Abstract Dystonia refers to a movement disorder that leads to involuntary movements of muscles. It can affect one, two, or several body regions (muscles) simultaneously. The type of dystoni… Read More
Overview
Most of us must have heard the myths about eye twitching at least once. Typically, eye twitching is harmless as it is an involuntary movement of eyelid muscles experienced by mos… Read More