A combination of constraint-induced therapy and motor control retraining in the treatment of focal hand dystonia in musicians: A long-term follow-up study

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-46

  Berque, Patrice ^a   Gray, Heather ^b,c   McFadyen, Angus ^b  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY OF ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS SCALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CONTROL RETRAINING; MUSICIAN'S DYSTONIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; CONVALESCENCE; DYSTONIC DISORDER; EXERCISE; HAND; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880623484     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: 19382766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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