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Functional Neural Networks in Writer's Cramp as Determined by Graph-Theoretical Analysis
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Dystonia, a debilitating neurological movement disorder, is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions and develops from a complex pathophysiology.
Jana Schill +9 more
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Functional writer's cramp as psychogenic focal dystonia
Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика, 2022 We present a description of a functional writer's cramp case. The disease manifested as pain and tension in the right hand when writing; thus, we suspected kinesigenic dystonia in the form of writer's cramp. However, the motor pattern and the presence of
V. A. Tolmacheva +4 more
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined with Action Observation and Electromyographic Biofeedback Training in a Patient with Writer’s Cramp [PDF]
Journal of Movement Disorders, 2018 We present a 47-year-old right-handed woman with a 15-year history of writer’s cramp who was provided with six sessions of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with observation of writing actions performed by a healthy subject
Yohei Okada +7 more
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Graphospasm - clinical presentation, etiology and the course of disease: Analysis of 30 cases [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2004 INTRODUCTION Dystonia, as prolonged, involuntary muscle contraction, causes torsion, repetitive movements and abnormal body position. In so far only a part of body is affected by dystonic movement, it is the question of focal dystonia, which is called ...
Kačar Aleksandra +4 more
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Motor re-training and immobilisation in the treatment of writer’s cramp: a clinical and fMRI study
Aktualności Neurologiczne, 2018 Objectives: The aim of the paper was to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness of the physiotherapeutic program in writer’s cramp, (2) compare the brain activity while writing in patients with writer’s cramp and in healthy controls, (3) compare the brain ...
Jarosław Oborzyński +5 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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Botulinum Toxin Therapy in Writer’s Cramp and Musician’s Dystonia
Toxins, 2021 Task-specific focal dystonia is characterized by muscle contraction(s) during a specific task, resulting in abnormal postures or movements. Specifically, writer’s cramp involves the upper extremity during the act of writing.
Elina Zakin, David M. Simpson
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia) is a sporadic focal dystonia that affects a specific part of the upper limb causing excessive co-contraction of antagonistic muscles.
Takeshi Shimizu +8 more
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Syringomyelia with Chiari 1 malformation presenting as focal hand dystonia
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2020 Syringomyelia is described as a fluid-filled cavity within the spinal cord devoid of an ependymal lining. It is best visualized on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with the cavity being low intensity on T1-weighted and high intensity on T2-weighted ...
Dinesh Khandelwal +3 more
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Primary writing tremor: Current concepts
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2021 Primary Writing Tremor (PWT) is a type of task specific tremor which happens only while writing (Type A PWT) or assuming a writing position of the hand (Type B PWT).
Abhigyan Datta +2 more
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