Focal dystonia in musicians: Treatment strategies and long-term outcome in 144 patients

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1623-1626

  Jabusch, Hans Christian ^a   Zschucke, Dorothea ^a   Schmidt, Alexander ^a   Schuele, Stephan ^b   Altenmüller, Eckart ^a  

^a Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Dystonia; Ergonomic changes; Musician; Retraining; Trihexyphenidyl

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSTONIA; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSICIAN; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644959151     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20631     Document Type: Article

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