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Definition of torticollis in English: torticollisnoun ˌtɔːtɪˈkɒlɪsˌtɔrdəˈkɑləs mass nounMedicine A condition in which the head becomes persistently turned to one side, often associated with painful muscle spasms. 〔医〕斜颈，捩颈。亦称WRYNECK Also called wryneck Example sentencesExamples - If torticollis is the cause of your baby's flattened head, a course of physical therapy and a home exercise program will usually do the trick.
- Involvement of the neck musculature produces torticollis or retrocollis.
- Currently in the U.S., botulinum toxin is licensed for treatment of cervical torticollis, strabismus, and blepharospasm associated with dystonia.
- Radiological review of 13 children admitted with acute torticollis and fever found that just three actually had subluxation.
- Hetty's form of the condition - spasmodic torticollis - causes the neck muscles to spasm twisting her neck to one side, which also affects the spine.
- In the head and neck region, myofascial pain syndrome with trigger points can manifest as tension headache, tinnitus, temporomandibular joint pain, eye symptoms, and torticollis.
- Exercises to relieve torticollis and positioning the rounded side of the head on the mattress may help correct a flattened head.
- Affected babies will frequently turn their heads to one side, this is known as torticollis and the flattening will be focused on one side of the head.
- The only abnormal physical sign was her torticollis.
- Risk factors associated with positional head deformity are premature birth, hypotonic muscle disorders, congenital torticollis, and intrauterine constraint (such as in multiple gestation or oligohydramnios).
- We selected these muscles because they were often involved in stress-related disorders such as tension headache, spasmodic torticollis, and fibromyalgia.
- The medical term for such a ‘wry neck’ is torticollis.
- Currently most of us think it's the standard care for treating essential tremor, Parkinson's Disease and chronic pain, and now we're really starting to think it's good for dystonia and things like torticollis.
- I had torticollis, a neck condition where my head tilted one way and my chin went the other.
- Now, as any neurologist knows, spasmodic torticollis is the bane of a neurologist, a most unrewarding condition to treat; after a few visits, both neurologist and patient end up equally depressed.
- Because the patient remained extremely psychotic and agitated, IM haloperidol was administered, but this produced a dystonic torticollis.
- While we were able to deal effectively with his cluster headaches and other acute symptoms such a torticollis and severe numbness, there has been no real improvement in his neck, arm, and hand pain and numbness.
- One patient (a 70-year-old female) with chronic torticollis experienced moderate pain relief with periodic treatments.
- Patients receiving injections into the neck muscles for torticollis may therefore develop dysphagia because of diffusion of the toxin into the oropharynx.
- Dupuytren was the first to excise the mandible in a case of jaw tumor and treat torticollis by subcutaneous section of the sternomastoid muscle.
OriginEarly 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin tortus 'crooked, twisted' + collum 'neck'. Definition of torticollis in US English: torticollisnounˌtɔrdəˈkɑləsˌtôrdəˈkäləs Medicine A condition in which the head becomes persistently turned to one side, often associated with painful muscle spasms. 〔医〕斜颈，捩颈。亦称WRYNECK Also called wryneck Example sentencesExamples - One patient (a 70-year-old female) with chronic torticollis experienced moderate pain relief with periodic treatments.
- Involvement of the neck musculature produces torticollis or retrocollis.
- Patients receiving injections into the neck muscles for torticollis may therefore develop dysphagia because of diffusion of the toxin into the oropharynx.
- Because the patient remained extremely psychotic and agitated, IM haloperidol was administered, but this produced a dystonic torticollis.
- Currently most of us think it's the standard care for treating essential tremor, Parkinson's Disease and chronic pain, and now we're really starting to think it's good for dystonia and things like torticollis.
- Dupuytren was the first to excise the mandible in a case of jaw tumor and treat torticollis by subcutaneous section of the sternomastoid muscle.
- We selected these muscles because they were often involved in stress-related disorders such as tension headache, spasmodic torticollis, and fibromyalgia.
- The only abnormal physical sign was her torticollis.
- Risk factors associated with positional head deformity are premature birth, hypotonic muscle disorders, congenital torticollis, and intrauterine constraint (such as in multiple gestation or oligohydramnios).
- Hetty's form of the condition - spasmodic torticollis - causes the neck muscles to spasm twisting her neck to one side, which also affects the spine.
- Currently in the U.S., botulinum toxin is licensed for treatment of cervical torticollis, strabismus, and blepharospasm associated with dystonia.
- Exercises to relieve torticollis and positioning the rounded side of the head on the mattress may help correct a flattened head.
- I had torticollis, a neck condition where my head tilted one way and my chin went the other.
- In the head and neck region, myofascial pain syndrome with trigger points can manifest as tension headache, tinnitus, temporomandibular joint pain, eye symptoms, and torticollis.
- If torticollis is the cause of your baby's flattened head, a course of physical therapy and a home exercise program will usually do the trick.
- While we were able to deal effectively with his cluster headaches and other acute symptoms such a torticollis and severe numbness, there has been no real improvement in his neck, arm, and hand pain and numbness.
- The medical term for such a ‘wry neck’ is torticollis.
- Radiological review of 13 children admitted with acute torticollis and fever found that just three actually had subluxation.
- Affected babies will frequently turn their heads to one side, this is known as torticollis and the flattening will be focused on one side of the head.
- Now, as any neurologist knows, spasmodic torticollis is the bane of a neurologist, a most unrewarding condition to treat; after a few visits, both neurologist and patient end up equally depressed.
OriginEarly 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin tortus ‘crooked, twisted’ + collum ‘neck’. |