Word: dystonia
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...Michael T. Derse, one of this year’s recipients who graduated from Stanford in 2004 with a degree in mechanical engineering, became interested in designing medical devices during his junior year of college when he joined a team trying to help a saxophonist suffering from focal hand dystonia. (The neurological condition causes the hand to contract involuntarily, making it impossible for the musician to play his instrument.) “We wanted to design something that would help him get back to his former playing level,” Derse said. “After going through...
...already proved itself as a treatment for the tremors of Parkinson's disease, is nearing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and is in clinical trials as a therapy for depression. Studies suggest it could also help control symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dystonia--or paralytic muscle rigidity--epilepsy and even some addictions. "DBS is like a pacemaker for the brain," says Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeon Ali Rezai, who performed the operation on the brain-damaged man. "We pinpoint the part that needs stimulation and provide...
...after undergoing two rotator-cuff surgeries. The great Jascha Heifetz ended his concert career when tendon weakness in his right arm prevented him from bowing properly. These days, medical specialists have myriad techniques for keeping performers in playing shape even as their bodies age and muscles weaken. Musicians with dystonia, for example, who often suffer from muscle spasms, now receive experimental new movement and drug therapies...
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