Bradford B. Worrall, MD, a University of Virginia professor of neurology and public health, says many stroke survivors develop spasticity.

Introduction: In acute stroke treatment, it is known that complications of muscle mass loss, such as sarcopenia, increase mortality and delay functional recovery. However, it is often difficult to ...

Spasmodic dysphonia is considered a task-specific type of dystonia, which means it affects regular speech. It’s less likely ...

Spasmodic dysphonia is just one of many conditions that can change the way someone talks. Anything that injures your vocal ...

For example, a focal intervention such as a botulinum toxin injection might benefit a stroke ... for spasticity of cerebral origin, because it acts at the level of the peripheral muscle with ...

She said following the stroke, she was “unable to remember anything ... Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic After a ruptured vertebral artery bled into her brain for nine days, Stone says there ...

For people with SD, muscles spasms in the larynx (also known as the voice box) cause the voice to sound tight, strangled or strained. People with spasmodic dysphonia typically notice symptoms in ...

Background OnabotulinumtoxinA has demonstrated significant benefit in adult focal spasticity. This study reviews the injection patterns (i.e., muscle distribution, dosing) of onabotulinumtoxinA ...

Once home, I was convinced I’d never sleep again for fear of more episodes of apnea. We purchased a specialized baby monitor ...