Motor re-training does not need to be task specific to improve writer's cramp

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2319-2327

  Zeuner, Kirsten E ^a   Peller, Martin ^a   Knutzen, Arne ^a   Hallett, Mark ^c   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Siebner, Hartwig R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NeurolmageNord Kiel Hamburg Lübeck   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Focal hand dystonia; Immobilization; Kinematic analysis; Training; Writer's cramp; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

EID: 61449109269     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22222     Document Type: Article

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