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Toxins, 2023 The present study assessed muscular atrophy and weakness of the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) and profundus (FDP) muscle as possible long-term side effects of botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections in hand dystonia patients after the termination of ...
Christos I. Ioannou +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Research demonstrates that both music-making and music listening have an ability to modulate autonomic nervous system activity. The majority of studies have highlighted acute autonomic changes occurring during or immediately following a single session of
J. Matt McCrary +2 more
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Determining factors for compensatory movements of the left arm and shoulder in violin playing
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionDespite a large number of available ergonomic aids and recommendations regarding instrument positioning, violin players at any proficiency level still display a worrying incidence of task-specific complaints of incompletely understood ...
Oliver Margulies +5 more
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Nonlinear Changes in Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Task-Specific Dystonia during Long-Term Treatment
Toxins, 2021 Botulinum toxin (BoTX) is the standard treatment for task-specific dystonias (TSDs) such as musician’s dystonia (MD). Our aim was to assess the long-term changes in BoTX treatment in a highly homogeneous and, to our knowledge, largest group of MD ...
André Lee +2 more
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The impact of early musical training on striatal functional connectivity
NeuroImage, 2021 Evidence from language, visual and sensorimotor learning suggests that training early in life is more effective. The present work explores the hypothesis that learning during sensitive periods involves distinct brain networks in addition to those ...
F.T. van Vugt +4 more
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Perfectionism in young musicians: Relations with motivation, effort, achievement, and distress [PDF]
, 2007 Many musicians experience anxiety and distress when performing, which has been related to perfectionism. Recent findings, however, show that only some facets of perfectionism are associated with anxiety and distress, whereas other facets are associated ...
Stoeber, Joachim, Eismann, Ulrike
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Clinical investigations of receptive and expressive musical functions after stroke
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 There is a long tradition of investigating various disorders of musical abilities after stroke. These impairments, associated with acquired amusia, can be highly selective, affecting only music perception (i.e., receptive abilities/functions) or ...
Ken eRosslau +8 more
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Musicians, their Relationships, and their Wellbeing: Creative Labour, Relational Work [PDF]
, 2023 Evidence points towards the key role that networks of both formal and informal relationships play in musicians’ careers. Alongside this, these careers have in recent decades become increasingly understood as engendering emotional stressors around mental ...
Musgrave, G.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Musician’s dystonia (MD) is a task-specific movement disorder that causes loss of voluntary motor control while playing the instrument. A subgroup of patients displays the so-called sensory trick: alteration of somatosensory input, e.g.
Jakobine ePaulig +4 more
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Neural Plasticity in a French Horn Player with Bilateral Amelia
Neural Plasticity, 2021 Precise control of movement and timing play a key role in musical performance. This motor skill requires coordination across multiple joints, muscles, and limbs, which is acquired through extensive musical training from childhood on.
Daniel S. Scholz +4 more
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