Dystonia

Dystonia
Dystonia
	A person with medication-induced dystonia
Medical specialty	Neurology

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder syndrome in which it had repetitive muscle contractions result in twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal positions. The movements may look like tremors. Dystonia is often intensified or exacerbated by physical activity, and symptoms may progress into adjacent muscles.

References

↑ "Dystonias Fact Sheet - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke". www.ninds.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
↑ Balint, Bettina; Bhatia, Kailash P. (2014). "Dystonia". Current Opinion in Neurology. 27 (4): 468–76. doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000114. PMID 24978640.

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[NINDS-1] "Dystonias Fact Sheet - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke". www.ninds.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[pmid24978640-2] Balint, Bettina; Bhatia, Kailash P. (2014). "Dystonia". Current Opinion in Neurology. 27 (4): 468–76. doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000114. PMID 24978640.