Originally posted by Kevin_Mc
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Dr. McIntire, if scientists have the ability to scan the brains of patients with focal dystonia before and after exercise couldn't they do the same thing on kids with Scoliosis before and after they use the MedX? Maybe there is a simple experiment in there somewhere.
BTW this is some background information that the researchers included in the Scoliosis/Dystonia study.
Motor cortical hyperexcitability in idiopathic scoliosis: could focal dystonia be a subclinical etiological factor?
The relationship between scoliosis and dystonia seems to be reinforced by their association in human clinic. Patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia, a most frequent focal dystonia, develop scoliosis in 39% of cases [37]. Furthermore, scoliosis develops in late childhood or early puberty more frequently among patients with cervical dystonia [38]. Scoliosis is a constant finding in severe forms of dystonia such as dystonia musculorum deformans, and also in other forms of generalized dystonia [39, 40]. Sometimes, scoliosis is the first sign of a dystonia and the deformity progression can be controlled after treating the dystonia, for example, with l-dopa [41, 42].
A similar alteration in cortical motor excitability to that found in patients with IS has been also described in patients with Parkinson’s disease [43, 44]. The incidence of scoliosis in Parkinson patients is higher than in the normal population varying from 33 to 90% [45–47]. The scoliotic deformity in patients with Parkinsonism is not related to age, disease stage, duration of symptoms, response to l-dopa or the presence of dyscinesia [47].
A similar alteration in cortical motor excitability to that found in patients with IS has been also described in patients with Parkinson’s disease [43, 44]. The incidence of scoliosis in Parkinson patients is higher than in the normal population varying from 33 to 90% [45–47]. The scoliotic deformity in patients with Parkinsonism is not related to age, disease stage, duration of symptoms, response to l-dopa or the presence of dyscinesia [47].
Before this study I never really knew how strong the connection was.
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