On Wednesday, 10 September, 2025, from 18.00 – 19.30hrs CET, Dystonia Europe, in association with Health House and DBS Select will hold an informative webinar. The webinar will feature speakers Dr. Alexandra Boogers (Leuven, Belgium) and Dr. Harith Akram (London, UK), who will introduce the audience to ‘DBS Select’- an educational tool created to better…
Expanding Options for Dystonia Treatment in DBS: Insights from an International Survey- Voice to the Authors
Alternative Deep Brain Stimulation Targets in the Treatment of Isolated Dystonic Syndromes: A Multicenter Experience-Based Survey. Professors Krauss, Cif, Limousin and Hariz (well-known experts in DBS treatment for Dystonia for two decades) conducted an international survey (a total of 42 questions), involving 49 specialists from 28 medical centers across 13 countries, shedding light on how…
Muscle Imbalance
The popular and richly-illustrated book ”Muscle Imbalance” is now available in an updated and English version. Written by Physiotherapist Johanna Blom, it is primarily intended for physiotherapists but can also be used by other healthcare professionals who meet patients with tonus problems in the form of dystonia or spasticity. It constitutes an important new tool…
Meet Astri, Norway
My name is Astri Arnesen and I live in Kristiansand, a town in the south of Norway. I live here on the waterfront with my husband. We have two adult daughters. During my childhood and adolescence back in the 60s and 70s, my mother changed and slowly but surely she was more and more affected…
Heads Up Campaign Czech Republic Dystonia Association
This campaign was mainly focused on the diagnosis of cervical dystonia. People from the Czech Republic and other countries who have been diagnosed with cervical dystonia raised their ‘Heads up’ to raise awareness of this neurological disorder and its difficulties. The end of this campaign was crowned by the launch of a book with the…
