How to assess motor impairment in writer's cramp

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1102-1109

  Zeuner, Kirsten E ^a   Peller, Martin ^a   Knutzen, Arne ^a   Holler, Iris ^a   Münchau, Alexander ^b   Hallett, Mark ^c   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Siebner, Hartwig R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d NeuroImageNord Kiel Hamburg Lübeck ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Arm Dystonia Disability Scale; Focal hand dystonia; Kinematic handwriting analysis; Writer's cramp; Writer's Cramp Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITER CRAMP; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34447570573     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21294     Document Type: Article

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