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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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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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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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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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Effect of Physiotherapy on Writer's Cramp: A Case Study
, 2023 Background: The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of eight -week therapy in a patient with writer’s cramp. Study design: A single case study.
Dr Shikha Singh +3 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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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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A Single Session of rTMS Enhances Small-Worldness in Writer's Cramp: Evidence from Simultaneous EEG-fMRI Multi-Modal Brain Graph. [PDF]
Front Hum Neurosci, 2017 Background and Purpose: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) induces widespread changes in brain connectivity. As the network topology differences induced by a single session of rTMS are less known we undertook this study to ascertain ...
Bharath RD +7 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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