A new method for quantification of musician's dystonia: The frequency of abnormal movements scale

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 157-162

  Spector, June T ^a,b   Brandfonbrener, Alice G ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSICIAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 30944448235     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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