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Sleep-Related Movement Disorders

Talking Sleep

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Sleep Walking in Parkinson's Disease

Distonia is when agonist and antagonist pairs of muscles contract together at the same time. Can somebody who has parkinson's disease sleep walk? Absolutely, absolutely. Patients with severe torticalus right can't move their heads out of that fixed, side bent position. And now they put two fingers on their cheek, and all of a sudden they can straighten their head and walk without any pain.

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