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