Predicting Improvement in Writer's Cramp Symptoms following Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection Therapy [PDF]
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2016 Introduction: Writer's cramp is a specific focal hand dystonia causing abnormal posturing and tremor in the upper limb. The most popular medical intervention, botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT-A) therapy, is variably effective for 50–70% of patients ...
Mallory Jackman +6 more
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Reduced motor cortex deactivation in individuals who suffer from writer's cramp. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 This study investigated the neuromagnetic activities of self-paced finger lifting task and electrical median nerve stimulation in ten writer's cramp patients and fourteen control subjects.
Yi-Jhan Tseng +4 more
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Network-specific resting-state connectivity changes in the premotor-parietal axis in writer's cramp [PDF]
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 Background: Writer's cramp is a task-specific dystonia impairing writing and sometimes other fine motor tasks. Neuroimaging studies using manifold designs have shown varying results regarding the nature of changes in the disease.
Tobias Mantel +8 more
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Differential induction of Parieto-motor plasticity in writer's cramp and cervical dystonia [PDF]
Neurobiology of DiseaseObjectives: To investigate the plastic effects of parieto-motor (PAR-MOT) cortico-cortical paired associative paired stimulation (cc-PAS) in patients with two forms of focal dystonia, writer's cramp and cervical dystonia, compared to healthy volunteers ...
Hyun Joo Cho +10 more
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Altered brain activation in a reversal learning task unmasks adaptive changes in cognitive control in writer's cramp [PDF]
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2016 Previous receptor binding studies suggest dopamine function is altered in the basal ganglia circuitry in task-specific dystonia, a condition characterized by contraction of agonist and antagonist muscles while performing specific tasks.
Kirsten E. Zeuner +12 more
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Writing orthotic device for the management of writer's cramp
Frontiers in Neurology, 2013 Background: Oral therapies and chemodenervation procedures are often unrewarding in the treatment of focal, task-specific hand disorders such as writer's cramp or primary writing tremor.
Narayanasarma V. Singam +2 more
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A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report [PDF]
São Paulo Medical Journal, 2010 CONTEXT: Writer's cramp is a kind of focal hand dystonia that appears when individuals are writing. Since pharmacological treatment has not shown the desired therapeutic response, a study on immobilization of the damaged musculature was performed on two ...
Flavia Quadros Boisson Waissman +2 more
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Handwriting performance in the absence of visual control in writer's cramp patients: Initial observations [PDF]
BMC Neurology, 2006 Background The present study was aimed at investigating the writing parameters of writer's cramp patients and control subjects during handwriting of a test sentence in the absence of visual control. Methods Eight right-handed patients with writer's cramp
Losch Florian +4 more
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Can calcitonin gene‐related peptide monoclonal antibodies ameliorate writer's cramp and migraine? [PDF]
Neuropsychopharmacology ReportsRecently, calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have become available as a prophylactic treatment for migraine and have shown high efficacy and safety in clinical practice.
Keisuke Suzuki +5 more
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Lasting Effects of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Writer’s Cramp: A Case Report [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019 The treatment of writer’s cramp (W’sC) is essentially based on the use of botulinum toxin. However, additional treatments are sometime required to prolong the effects of the toxin, compensate for its progressive loss of efficacy in some subjects, and re ...
Antonino Naro +4 more
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