Saxophonist Joey Berkley's jazz career revived by brain electrode procedure at NIH for focal hand dystonia.
Saxophonist Joey Berkley, who experienced focal dystonia and struggled to play jazz due to involuntary muscle contractions, had his career revived by an experimental procedure involving an electrode placed directly into his brain at the National Institutes of Health. The procedure, led by Dr. Debra Ehrlich, aims to treat focal hand dystonia, a movement disorder that impacts muscle control.
July 26, 2024
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