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Disordered muscle tension (dystonia) Symptom Report

Dystonia is the distortion or impairment of voluntary movement, as in tic, spasm, or myoclonus, due to disordered tonicity of muscle. Sustained muscle contraction (dystonia) may be caused by a number of conditions. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Disordered muscle tension (dystonia) severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Disordered muscle tension (dystonia)

Treatments Patients Take For Disordered muscle tension (dystonia)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
12 9% Clonazepam: 9%
4 3% Botulinum Toxin Type A: 3%
1 1% Cyclobenzaprine: 1%
1 1% Leg braces: 1%

Report created on November 22, 2009.