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Movement Disorders

Michelle Troche

Dr. Troche specializes in the assessment and treatment of patients with speech-language and swallowing impairments secondary to Movement Disorders. Her primary research is focused on the development and implementation of rehabilitative techniques for the management of dysphagia and dystussia in neurodegenerative disease, primarily Parkinson’s disease. Secondarily, she investigates the influence…

Carolynn Patten

All movements –as simple as blinking one’s eyes to as complex as signing one’s name and walking—involve the production and control of muscular force by the nervous system. While biomechanical demands vary across motor tasks, the nervous system responds to regulate force production in a task dependent manner. Dr. Patten’s…