Task-specific focal hand dystonia in a professional pistol-shooter

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-424

  Sitburana, Oraporn ^a,b   Ondo, William G ^a  

^a Parkinson's Disease Center   (United States)

^b BUMRUNGRAD INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Dystonia; Focal hand dystonia; Pistol shooting; Sport

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; HYDROCORTISONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; FIREARM; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FIREARMS; FOREARM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 41149138757     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.12.012     Document Type: Letter

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