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torticollis

NOUN
  1. an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted

How To Use torticollis In A Sentence

  • Radiological review of 13 children admitted with acute torticollis and fever found that just three actually had subluxation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Torticollis, also known as wryneck, is a twisting of the neck that causes the head to rotate and tilt at an odd angle.
  • The only abnormal physical sign was her torticollis.
  • 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.
  • Objective : To characterize treaetment and result in congenital muscular torticollis.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lead author was Dr. Jannetta, who is known for his work developing the surgery, called microvascular decompression, which is used for such debilitating cranial nerve diseases as vertigo and spasmodic torticollis, a movement disorder. Post-gazette.com - News
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