Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia at age 42, causing his voice to become raspy. Here's what to ...

He doesn’t have laryngitis or a respiratory infection, but rather a disorder called spasmodic dysphonia. Spasmodic dysphonia, now referred to as laryngeal dystonia, is a rare neurological ...

Dystonia is a complex neurological movement disorder that has severe limiting consequences for those affected. Dr Ishu Goyal, ...

Spasmodic dysphonia affects up to 50,000 people in North America, and is a subset of dystonia, a muscle contraction disorder that can affect many parts of the body. In one type of vocal dystonia ...

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

Dystonia is a common and disabling movement disorder in humans. It encompasses a variety of different symptoms including torticollis, limb and trunk dystonia, writer's cramp, blepharospasm and ...

It is known as a focal dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that affects one specific part of the body. Writer’s cramp, where there are spasms in the hands or fingers, or persistent eye ...

she became one of about 5,000 people in Wales to be told they have dystonia. It is a disorder caused by a problem with the part of the brain that controls muscle movement and can lead to ...

Dystonia, a movement disorder that features involuntary contractions of the muscles often leading to functional impairment, has many forms. Focal dystonia is localized to a single body part and ...

Online medical website mayoclinic.org describes dystonia as a movement disorder that causes the muscles to contract involuntarily. The muscle spasms can range from mild to severe. They may be ...

Spasmodic dysphonia (SD), sometimes referred to as laryngeal dystonia, is a rare neurological condition impacting the voice and speech that impacts approximately 50,000 people in North America. For ...

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