Auditory Grip Force Feedback in the Treatment of Writer's Cramp

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Baur, Barbara ^a   Fürholzer, Waltraud ^a   Marquardt, Christian ^a   Hermsdörfer, Joachim ^a  

^a Chirurgische Klinik Munchen Bogenhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRITER'S CRAMP;

EID: 64649096958     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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