Movement disorders
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Neurological Rehabilitation and Movement Disorders | myVMC
Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin used to treat movement disorders and symptoms caused by neurological conditions.
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Other Movement Disorders | Parkinson's Australia
There are a number of other movement disorders that are similar to Parkinson’s but have some unique features that distinguish them from Parkinson’s, these are sometimes referred to as Parkinson's-plus syndromes.
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Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy | Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation
People with dyskinetic forms of cerebral palsy have variable movement that is involuntary (outside of their control). These involuntary movements are especially noticeable when a person attempts to move. Dyskinetic...
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Blepharospasm - Brain Foundation
Blepharospasm (Benign Essential Blepharospasm) Description Benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions and spasms of the eyelid muscles
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Seeing an orthoptist: parents & kids guide | Raising Children Network
An orthoptist can help if your child seems to have an eye movement disorder, a turned eye or vision problems. Find out about orthoptists and children.
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Dystonia - Brain Foundation
Dystonia In 2016 we held a free online webinar on Dystonia by Dr Florence Chang from Westmead Hospital, NSW
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Ataxic Cerebral Palsy | Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation
Ataxia is the least common form of cerebral palsy. Ataxia means 'withoutorder' or 'incoordination'. Ataxic movements are characterised by clumsiness, imprecision, or instability. Movements are not smooth and may appear...
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Moblility and Parkinson's | Parkinson's Australia
Parkinson’s was originally classified as a movement disorder as all aspects of movement and mobility may be affected.
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Tourette Syndrome - Brain Foundation
Tourette Syndrome Description Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neuro developmental disorder characterized by repeated involuntary movements (motor tics) and uncontrollable sounds (vocal or phonic tics)
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Cerebral Palsy - Brain Foundation
Cerebral Palsy Read more at Virtual Medical Centre Description Cerebral palsy is the name given to a large group of motor (body movement) disorders that begin early in life and result from brain injuries that are non-progressive (do not worsen over time)
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Interventions for eye movement disorders in people with stroke | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: There is insufficient evidence to reach conclusions about the effectiveness of interventions for patients with eye movement disorders after stroke
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Parkinson's Disease | Ausmed
Parkinsons disease is a progressive neurological condition, marked by both motor and non-motor symptoms. Parkinsons disease is the result of deterioration occurring in the nerve cells in the middle area of the brain (parietal lobe), the area in which dopamine is produced.
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Anticholinergics for neuroleptic-induced acute akathisia | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: At present, there is no reliable evidence to support or refute the use of anticholinergics for people suffering from neuroleptic-induced acute akathisia
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Five Evidence-Based Ways to Hone Proprioception
Proprioceptive training can be easily broken into 5 different categories of techniques (Aman et al. 2014). Each category contains a wide variety of treatments everything from simple balance training to magnetic stimulation. The question must be asked: do any of these actually work?
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Even More Ways to Progress Any Rehabilitation Exercise, Task or Activity
The occupation of physiotherapy takes more than a decent set of clinical skills and a good set of hands. It takes intuition. It takes the ability to sort through data and create a clinical picture. It takes the willingness to push past natural barriers and to boldly go where no man has gone before!
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Update on the management of post-traumatic stress disorder | Issue 2 | Volume 38 | Australian Prescriber
Post-traumatic stress disorder occurs in people exposed to life-threatening trauma. GPs may be seeing more patients with post-traumatic stress disorder as...
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Psychological therapies for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: The evidence for each of the comparisons made in this review was assessed as very low quality
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Parkinson's Disease | Ausmed
Parkinsons disease affects about 70,000 people in Australia. Its a progressive neurological disease that can be quite insidious during its presentation and is often difficult to diagnose. It is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, following Alzheimers disease.
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Use of alprazolam for treatment of essential tremor | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Currently available data reveal evidence insufficient for assessment of the efficacy and safety of alprazolam treatment for individuals with ET
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Ropinirole for levodopa-induced complications in Parkinson's disease | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Ropinirole therapy can reduce levodopa dose but at the expense of increased dyskinetic adverse events
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