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A Psychosomatic Study of Writer's Cramp

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1965
Writer's cramp (scrivener's palsy, mogigraphie, graphospasms, cheirospasmus, crampe des écrivains, dyskinésie des écrivains, graphic dyskinesia, Fingerkrampf, Schreibkrampf, etc.) is one of a large group of functional motor disorders, known as “occupational neuroses and cramps, craft neuroses, professional neuroses, crampes fonctionelles et ...
A H, Crisp, H, Moldofsky
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WRITERS' CRAMP—A FOCAL DYSTONIA

Brain, 1982
We have examined 29 subjects with writers' cramp (and 4 with typists' and one with pianists' cramp) and have noted two major groupings, simple and dystonic. We have observed spread from one to the other. We have seen repeatedly, in patients with isolated simple writers' cramp certain subtle physical signs which are found also in other basal ganglia ...
M P, Sheehy, C D, Marsden
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Psychiatric aspects of writer's cramp

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 1991
Although its aetiopathogenesis is still unknown, writer's cramp is meanwhile regarded essentially an organically induced disorder. However, as shown by this interdisciplinary study, psychodynamic factors should not be neglected. Special attention should be given to the patients' experience of the syndrome and secondary psychoreactive processes.
K, Windgassen, A, Ludolph
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Writer's cramp: Not associated with anxiety

Movement Disorders, 1988
AbstractMany authors have commented on an association between writer's cramp and anxiety and some view it as a form of anxiety disorder. This study describes 22 patients with writer's cramp who were recruited from a neurology clinic. Clinical examination found little evidence of generalized anxiety or of anxiety specific to the writing situation ...
R C, Harrington, A, Wieck, I M, Marks, C D, Marsden   +3 more
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Writer's cramp—A habit for reversal?

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1983
Four patients with writer's cramp were treated by nurse-therapists who used a combination of habit reversal, in vivo exposure and re-education. All four resumed normal writing activities after an average of four sessions. At follow-up 2-6 yr later, only one had relapsed, and she improved after further sessions. The brevity and simplicity of this method
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Biofeedback for Writer’s Cramp

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1997
M A, O'Neill, K A, Gwinn, C H, Adler
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The Nature and Treatment of “Writer's Cramp.”

Journal of Mental Science, 1947
Writer's cramp, crampe des écrivains, scrivener's palsy, graphospasm or mogigraphia may be defined as a condition of inco-ordination of the small muscles of the hand which appears only when attempting to write. The various names given to this condition emphasize that cramp or spasm is the predominant feature, and Osler thought that it was an early ...
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Writers' cramp.

British journal of hospital medicine, 1993
At least 4000 people suffer from writers' cramp in the UK. While diagnosis is straightforward, treatment is difficult and many therapies are unsatisfactory. This article reviews the various manifestations of writers' cramp, the physiological evidence indicating that it is a neurological disease and the therapeutic techniques available.
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Writer's cramp: A behavioural approach

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1972
Abstract The history of the treatment of writer's cramp by behaviour therapy is reviewed, and the theoretical assumptions underlying aversive treatment are criticized. The natural history of the disorder is reviewed, including the author's recent research in Student Health Centres. Some special observations are made on the disorder's peculiarities of
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Writer’s Cramp

Revue neurologique, 2010
S, Sangla, C, Tranchant
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