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  • noun Plural form of dystonia.

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Examples

  • For example, according to Health Canada's information on the 2001-2 influenza vaccine, 10.8 per 1 million dosages resulted in individuals experiencing neurological effects, which included dyskenesias and dystonias.

    H1N1 Tyler 2009

  • I also believe she actually referenced a source "according to Health Canada's information on the 2001-2 influenza vaccine, 10.8 per 1 million dosages resulted in individuals experiencing neurological effects, which included dyskenesias and dystonias."

    H1N1 Tyler 2009

  • In addition to BEB and spasmodic dysphonia, Botox is used against nearly all of the dystonias.

    Botox injections interfere with somatic response - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Many dystonias are isolated to specific tasks or situations in which a person is required to perform a well-learned and repetitive movement such as a golf swing.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

  • Many dystonias are isolated to specific tasks or situations in which a person is required to perform a well-learned and repetitive movement such as a golf swing.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

  • Many dystonias are isolated to specific tasks or situations in which a person is required to perform a well-learned and repetitive movement such as a golf swing.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

  • But then I started realizing, maybe other kinds of paralysis that you see in neurology, like stroke, focal dystonias -- there may be a learned component to this which you can overcome with the simple device of using a mirror.

    VS Ramachandran on your mind 2007

  • But then I started realizing, maybe other kinds of paralysis that you see in neurology, like stroke, focal dystonias -- there may be a learned component to this which you can overcome with the simple device of using a mirror.

    VS Ramachandran on your mind 2007

  • But then I started realizing, maybe other kinds of paralysis that you see in neurology, like stroke, focal dystonias -- there may be a learned component to this which you can overcome with the simple device of using a mirror.

    VS Ramachandran on your mind 2007

  • Difficulties in lining up golf shots while under pressure, may show similarities to some task-specific dystonias and other movement problems.

    Mind Hacks: April 2005 Archives 2005

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