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Yips is a motor disturbance that includes tremor, jerk, or spasm, occurring only when performing sport-related tasks. 1 Baseball yips is a well-recognized, extremely serious condition that can end the… Click to show full abstract
Yips is a motor disturbance that includes tremor, jerk, or spasm, occurring only when performing sport-related tasks. 1 Baseball yips is a well-recognized, extremely serious condition that can end the careers of professional baseball players. Recent studies suggest that the pathophysiology of yips may involve a form of task-speci fi c dystonia. 2 Herein we report the fi rst case of dystonia related to throwing a baseball successfully treated with thalamotomy, which resulted in complete recovery by a baseball player.
Keywords:
dystonia yips;
related dystonia;
treatment baseball;
successful treatment;
baseball related;
baseball
Journal Title: Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
Year Published: 2022
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