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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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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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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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Treatment of Writer's Cramp with Botulinum Toxin Type A
, 2021 Writer's cramp is the most common form of task-specific dystonia. It can cause severe disability in writing speed/fluency. Treatment approaches are variable.
Matur, Zeliha, Parman, Yesim Gulsen
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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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Diffusion abnormalities in the primary sensorimotor pathways in writer's cramp.
, 2009 International audienceOBJECTIVE: To determine whether there are diffusion abnormalities along the fibers connecting sensorimotor regions, including the primary sensorimotor areas and the striatum, in patients with writer's cramp using voxel-based ...
Terrier, Axel +10 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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EMG-EMG coherence in writer's cramp.
, 2002 We investigated the extent to which oscillatory drives to muscle, believed to arise mainly from the motor cortex, are exaggerated and/or fail to react normally to peripheral stimulation in writer's cramp.
Brown, Peter +4 more
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A complex of rehabitation in writer’s cramp
Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2017 Writers cramp (WC) is one of the forms of focal dystonia involvingthe hand muscles and characterized by sevective motor defectleading to problems with writing.
O. A. Shavlovskaya
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