Dystonia Research

Collaborating for a Cure for Dystonia

BIDMC is part of the Dystonia Coalition, an international collaboration of medical researchers and patient advocacy groups that are working to find better treatments and a cure for dystonia. Current research includes:

• Focal dystonia, including cranial dystonia/Meige Syndrome (including blepharospasm)
• Jaw or tongue dystonia
• Laryngeal dystonia (including spasmodic dysphonia) with diagnosis confirmed by nasolaryngoscopy
• Cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis)
• Limb dystonia (including writer’s cramp and musician’s dystonia)
• Segmental dystonia
• Generalized dystonia
• Hemi-dystonia