Writer’s cramp
Evidence-based neurology checklist on writer’s cramp: Clinical features This is dystonia that manifests with dystonic posturing of the index finger on writing The subject grips the pen tightly with all the fingers Types Proposed pathophysiological mechanisms Risk factors Assessment scales…
Clinical features
- This is dystonia that manifests with dystonic posturing of the index finger on writing
- The subject grips the pen tightly with all the fingers
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References
- Sadnicka A, Kassavetis P, Pareés I, Meppelink AM, Butler K, Edwards M. Task-specific dystonia: pathophysiology and management. JNNP 2016; 87:968-974.
- Sheehy MP, Marsden CD. Writers' cramp-a focal dystonia. Brain 1982; 105:461-480.
- Zeuner KE, Peller M, Knutzen A, et al. How to assess motor impairment in writer's cramp. Mov Disord 2007; 22:1102-1109.
- Odergren T, Iwasaki N, Borg J, Forssberg H. Impaired sensory-motor integration during grasping in writer's cramp. Brain 1996; 119:569-583.
- Kristeva R, Chakarov V, Losch F, Hummel S, Popa T, Schulte-Mönting J. Electroencephalographic spectral power in writer's cramp patients: evidence for motor cortex malfunctioning during the cramp. Neuroimage 2005; 27:706-714.
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