Embouchure problems in brass instrumentalists

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 53-57

  Lederman, Richard J ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology S91 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; EDEMA; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSICIAN; NERVE INJURY; PAIN; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035006235     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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