10/12/2018

Salina Journal Posted Jan 28, 2018 at 9:30 PM Updated Jan 29, 2018 at 8:37 AM EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on pain management and the opioid crisis. The first part ran in Sunday’s edition. The videos really tell the story of the dramatic transformation of Angela Duvall. First we see Duvall crippled by the painful muscle spasms and stiff legs that made her reliant on a wheelchair for the past decade. Then we see her walking. “When you see the pictures, it’s easy to

10/08/2018

Published online 2017 Jun 24 Monitoring Editor: Alexander Muacevic and John R Adler Abstract Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a rare neurological disorder that primarily affects the ability to relax musculature. This results in affected muscle groups remaining in constant contracture, leading to painful spasms that have significant morbidity and impact the patient's quality of life. Disease prevalence is one to two persons in a million, and as a result, very few randomized controlled studies

09/27/2018

Nathan E. Esplin, John W. Stelzer, Timothy B. Legare, and Sayed K. Ali University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 6850 Lake Nona Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32827, USA Department of Internal Medicine, Orlando VA Medical Center, 13800 Veterans Way, Orlando, FL 32827, USA Published 25 October 2017 Abstract Background. Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare neurologic disorder characterized by muscle rigidity. It is a disorder of reduced GABA activity leading to increased muscle tone and