Transient improvement induced by motor fatigue in focal occupational dystonia: The handgrip test

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1143-1147

  Pesenti, Alessandra ^a   Priori, Alberto ^a   Scarlato, Guglielmo ^a   Barbieri, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Motor fatigue; Musician's cramp; Occupational dystonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035526322     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1208     Document Type: Article

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