Motor Vehicle Accidents is a hyperextension and flexion injury to the neck or sudden thrusting forwards due to forceful, rapid back-and-forth movement of the neck, like the cracking of a whip. Whiplash most often occurs during a rear-end auto accident, but Read More …
Month: December 2018
Acute Whiplash Injury; Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Acute Whiplash injury is a hyperextension and flexion injury to the neck or sudden thrusting forwards due to forceful, rapid back-and-forth movement of the neck, like the cracking of a whip. Whiplash most often occurs during a rear-end auto accident, but Read More …
Ocular Torticollis; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Ocular Torticollis in children is a symptom that may be due to a number of underlying causes, some of which are severe and life threatening. Musculoskeletal, ophthalmologic, infectious, neurologic, and neoplastic conditions may present early with only torticollis. Because torticollis is a symptom, Read More …
Trochlear Torticollis; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Trochlear Torticollis in children is a symptom that may be due to a number of underlying causes, some of which are severe and life threatening. Musculoskeletal, ophthalmologic, infectious, neurologic, and neoplastic conditions may present early with only torticollis. Because torticollis is a symptom, the Read More …
Acquired Torticollis; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Acquired torticollis in children is a symptom that may be due to a number of underlying causes, some of which are severe and life threatening. Musculoskeletal, ophthalmologic, infectious, neurologic, and neoplastic conditions may present early with only torticollis. Because torticollis is a symptom, the broad Read More …
Congenital Torticollis; Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Congenital torticollis is also named as a sternomastoid tumour or fibromatosis colli. Congenital torticollis is a misnomer as it is not a true congenital abnormality. The term torticollis means twisted neck and is derived from the latin words ‘tortis’ and Read More …
Spasmodic Torticollis; Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Spasmodic torticollis or cervical dystonia (CD) is the most common form of focal dystonia and is characterized by sustained abnormal muscle contractions in the head and neck area resulting in abnormal positioning or posturing of the head. The dystonic muscle Read More …
Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia; Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia is a rare congenital musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). It presents in newborn infants or young children with the reported incidence ranging from 0.3% to 2%. Owing to effective shortening of SCM Read More …
Cervical Dystonia; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Cervical Dystonia is a rare congenital musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). It presents in newborn infants or young children with the reported incidence ranging from 0.3% to 2%. Owing to effective shortening of SCM on Read More …
Wry Neck; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Wry Neck is a rare congenital musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). It presents in newborn infants or young children with the reported incidence ranging from 0.3% to 2%. Owing to effective shortening of SCM on Read More …
Peripheral Facial Palsy – Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Peripheral Facial Palsy is an idiopathic, acute, unilateral paresis or paralysis of the face in a pattern consistent with peripheral facial nerve dysfunction, and may be partial or complete, occurring with equal frequency on the right and left sides of Read More …
Cranial Mononeuropathy; Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Cranial Mononeuropathy is an idiopathic, acute, unilateral paresis or paralysis of the face in a pattern consistent with peripheral facial nerve dysfunction, and may be partial or complete, occurring with equal frequency on the right and left sides of the Read More …