A kinesthetic motor imagery study in patients with writer's cramp

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 2 B, 2009, Pages 396-401

  Tumas, Vitor ^a   Sakamoto, Americo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Motor imagery; Task specific dystonia; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; WRITER'S CRAMP; WRITING;

EID: 68049098215     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000300005     Document Type: Article

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