Writer’s cramp: a new dystonic feature in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
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DOI: 10.1007/s13760-018-1022-9
Abstract: In this article, a case of writer ́s cramp in a patient with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, also known Machado–Joseph disease, is described. To our knowledge, this is the first description of task-specific dystonia in… read more here.
Keywords: ataxia type; spinocerebellar ataxia; ataxia; sca3 ... See more keywords
Impaired performance of patients with writer’s cramp in complex fine motor tasks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.09.005
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Writer's cramp (WC) is a task-specific focal dystonia. WC is characterized by involuntary contractions of muscles of the hand and arm during handwriting, resulting in impaired writing with exaggerated finger forces. The generalization of… read more here.
Keywords: impaired performance; writer cramp; motor; motor tasks ... See more keywords