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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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Investigating DYT1 in a Taiwanese dystonia cohort
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2022 Background/purpose: A heterozygous three-nucleotide (GAG) in-frame deletion in the TOR1A gene causes the rare disease, dystonia (DYT1), which typically presents as focal limb dystonia during adolescence, then spreads to other limbs.
Meng-Chen Wu +6 more
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Ayurvedic Modalities and Shamana Chikitsa in the Management of Writer’s Cramp Syndrome: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchWriter’s cramp syndrome is an uncommon handwriting disorder characterised by involuntary upper limb spasms and tremors in the hands. Most patients adopt unusual wrist and finger postures, using excessive force when holding and pressing the pen to the ...
Mahesh Sharma +3 more
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Abnormal effective connectivity in the sensory network in writer’s cramp
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 Background: Writer’s cramp (WC), a task specific form of dystonia, is considered to be a motor network disorder, but abnormal sensory tactile processing has also been acknowledged. The sensory spatial discrimination threshold (SDT) can be determined with
Inken Tödt +8 more
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Botulinum neurotoxin for writer’s cramp: A systematic review and illustrated guide
Annals of Movement Disorders, 2022 Writer’s cramp (WC) is a focal task-specific dystonia that affects the fingers, hands, and forearms. It interferes with an individual’s ability to write, causing professional disability.
Divyani Garg +5 more
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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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Some Personality Variables in Functional Neurological Disorders
Behavioural Neurology, 1988 Patients with spasmodic torticollis, writer's cramp and the Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) were given rating scales to assess personality dimensions, especially hostility and obsessionality.
Mary M. Robertson, M. R. Trimble
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Predicting Improvement in Writer's Cramp Symptoms following Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection Therapy
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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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2022 Background Botulinum toxin-A (BoNT) reduce over-firing of dystonic muscles, spasmodic contractions by enhancing function. We conducted a systematic review and random-effects meta-regression to investigate the efficacy and safety of BoNT in writer’s cramp
Anant Patil +3 more
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Basal Ganglia A-V Malformation and Writer’s Cramp
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1998 A 12-year-old girl presenting with writer’s cramp as the first manifestation of basal ganglia arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is reported from the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
J Gordon Millichap
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