Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...

Functional movement disorders (FMD), previously referred to as “psychogenic” movement disorders, are characterized by abnormal movements, postures or spasms, such as shaking (irregular tremor) or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Stephen Reich, MD, professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in ...

The comforting behavior of thumb-sucking wouldn’t land a 1-year-old girl in a neurologist’s office, but the twisting and unusual movements of the comforting act of infantile masturbation can lead ...

The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Center of Research in Human Movement Variability (MOVCENTR) received a $6 million grant ...

Dear Eric: I am a young adult with a movement disorder similar to Parkinson’s. It causes uncontrollable, violent, jerky, muscle movements, called dyskinesias, in nearly every part of my body. These ...

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is among the most challenging neurological disorders: relentlessly progressive, universally fatal, and without a cure even after more than a century and a half ...

A Grady County teenager began receiving treatment in Texas for a very rare disorder that causes pain, limits movement, and makes speaking and eating difficult. Hunter Edge, 16, of Tuttle, was a ...

President Joe Biden should undergo “detailed cognitive and movement disorder testing” and share the results of those tests with the public, CNN’s chief medical correspondent says. Sanjay Gupta, a ...

Stereotypic movement disorder is a motor disorder that develops in childhood, typically before grade school, and involves repetitive, purposeless movement. Examples of stereotypic movements include ...