ALLMedicine™ Torticollis Center

Nov 21st, 2021 - Torticollis refers to a state in which the neck is twisted due to excessive contraction or shortening of the muscles on one side. Congenital muscular torticollis, which is more common than acquired torticollis, has an incidence of 0.3%-1.9% among ...

Nov 18th, 2021 - Botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) products are widely used for therapeutic and aesthetic indications, but there is a need for longer-lasting treatments that maintain symptom relief between injections and reduce the frequency of re-treatment. Daxibotu...

Nov 14th, 2021 - Torticollis is encountered often in the paediatric setting and should be considered a presenting symptom, rather than a diagnosis. Aetiologies of torticollis are numerous, and the nomenclature describing underlying diagnosis can be confusing. Furt...

Nov 2nd, 2021 - Background Laryngeal dystonia (LD) is a muscle-contraction disorder of the larynx and laryngeal musculature. It was once referred to as spasmodic dysphonia (SD), which refers to a group of dystonias, or muscle-contraction disorders, in which invol...

Nov 2nd, 2021 - Background Laryngeal dystonia (LD) is a muscle-contraction disorder of the larynx and laryngeal musculature. It was once referred to as spasmodic dysphonia (SD), which refers to a group of dystonias, or muscle-contraction disorders, in which invol...

Oct 3rd, 2018 - Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a postural deformity evident shortly after birth, typically characterized by lateral flexion/side bending of the head to one side and cervical rotation/head turning to the opposite side due to unilateral sh...

Sep 16th, 2021 - Identify a cohort of individuals with known dystonia-related gene mutations, and individuals with idiopathic but presumed-genetic dystonia. Some of these individuals may receive botulinum toxin injections to treat their dystonia per standard of ca...

Mar 9th, 2021 - Abobotulinum neurotoxin type A, abo-BoNT/A, (Dysport®) is the most potent biological toxin produced from Clostridium botulinum. In 1920, Dr Hermann Sommer of the Hooper Foundation at the University of California made the first attempt to purify th...

Dec 19th, 2020 - The Manual Therapy has shown efficacy in different pathologies in the adult but it is not know its utility in infants and children population, nor in specific pathologies as non synostotic plagiocephaly. In the conservative treatment of plagioceph...

Jun 11th, 2020 - The congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is defined by an abnormal posture of the head and the neck compared to shoulders' level of the newborn. The mainly affected muscle is the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) causing a lateral inclination of t...

May 12th, 2020 - This prospective longitudinal study will be a two-group, single-blind, pre-post-test design randomized clinical trial (RCT). The purpose of this study will be two-fold: To compare the efficacy of passive stretching and Perception-Action (P-A) Appr...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - An investigative formulation of a botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) for cervical dystonia may significantly reduce the risk of dysphagia after injection compared with existing injections, and may have a longer duration of beneficial effect, according to.

Sep 23rd, 2021 - An investigative formulation of a botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) for cervical dystonia may significantly reduce the risk of dysphagia after injection compared with existing injections, and may have a longer duration of beneficial effect, according to...

Jan 5th, 2021 - A patient asks an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) to approve them for "medical marijuana." What are the clinician's responsibilities? The first hurdle is legal. In 18 states, an APRN has the legal authority to certify a patient to use ma...

Oct 14th, 2020 - DaxibotulinumtoxinA for Injection for treatment for cervical dystonia met the primary and all secondary endpoints in the phase 3 ASPEN-1 study, according to topline results released today by Revance Therapeutics. This agent has the potential to re...

Aug 12th, 2020 - A study using safety surveillance data of botulinum toxin found significant associations between its use and antidepressant effects, across several indications and different injection sites, according to the study's authors. Their results show tha...