Regaining motor control in musician's dystonia by restoring sensorimotor organization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 14627-14636

  Rosenkranz, Karin ^a   Butler, Katherine ^b   Williamon, Aaron ^c   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London Hand Therapy   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; EQUIPMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE; MUSICIAN DYSTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTIVE TRAINING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY INTEGRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70949093263     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2094-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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