Are the yips a task-specific dystonia or "golfer's cramp"?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1993-1996

  Adler, Charles H ^a   Crews, Debra ^b   Kahol, Kanav ^b   Santello, Marco ^b   Noble, Brie ^a   Hentz, Joseph G ^a   Caviness, John N ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Golfer's cramp; Yips

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GOLFER'S CRAMP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST; YIPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052964613     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23824     Document Type: Article

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