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Stiff-person syndrome (SPS), also known as stiff-man syndrome, [1] is a rare neurological disorder of unclear cause characterized by progressive muscular rigidity and stiffness. The stiffness primarily affects the truncal muscles and is characterised by spasms , resulting in postural deformities.
Celine Dion took to the stage for the first time since revealing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis in September 2022. Wearing a white gown, with the rain beating down and the Eiffel Tower in the ...
“I have to admit it’s been a struggle,” Celine Dion said of her recently discovered disorder.
In a clip from the 56-year-old's June 2024 interview with Hoda Kotb, Céline recalled first experiencing stiff-person syndrome symptoms in 2008 during her Taking Chances World Tour.
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Spastic cerebral palsy is caused by malformation of or damage to the parts of the brain that control movement. [12] What exactly makes some children susceptible to such brain damage is often unknown but it is believed that cerebral palsy may be the result of causal pathways, or chains of events that cause or increase the likelihood of brain injury. [13]
Stiff-person syndrome is an autoimmune and neurological condition that affects roughly one or two out of every 1 million people. Symptoms include stiffening in the torso and limbs, along with ...
Distal muscular dystrophy, also called distal myopathy, is essentially any muscle disease that preferentially affects the hands and/or feet, a much less common pattern than proximal muscle weakness. Late adult-onset type 1; Late adult-onset type 2a; Late adult-onset type 2b; Early adult-onset type 1; Early adult-onset type 2; Early adult-onset ...