At the Dystonia Treatment Congress in Hannover in May last year, Dr Lynley Bradnam, from Discipline of Physiotherapy at Flinder’s University in Aidelaide, met Dystonia Europe President Monika Benson. Over a conversation about the importance of physiotherapy for dystonia patients and dystonia patient advocacy work, Monika shared that she would be coming to Melbourne later…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014!
With this holiday greeting we would like to thank you for the support and interest you have shown for dystonia and Dystonia Europe in 2013. It was a very special year for us with many activities and important events. The highlights were the celebration of our 20th Anniversary in Edinburgh and the joining of the 20th…
Dystonia Training School 2013
This year’s Dystonia Training School was held in London last week. Read more about the program and see the photo gallery here.
Boston Scientific receives CE Mark approval for DBS in treating dystonia
Today The Boston Scientific Corporation announced that they have received CE Mark approval for the use of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of primary and secondary dystonia. Read the press release here.
Dystonia Europe Connecting with Boston Scientific
Last week Dystonia Europe President Robert Scholten and Executive Director Monika Benson met with the Boston Scientific team outside of Paris to discuss their collaboration for dystonia. Boston Scientific is an American medical device company and their products and technologies are used to diagnose or treat medical conditions, including heart, digestive, pulmonary, vascular, urological, women’s health,…