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Cooling can relieve the difficulty of playing the tuba in a patient with embouchure dystonia

✍ Scribed by Joong-Seok Kim; Jea-Young An; Kwang-Soo Lee; Hee-Tae Kim

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 55 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21737

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✦ Synopsis

Embouchure dystonia is a focal task-specific dystonia affecting musicians who play wind instruments. It is characterized by uncontrollable and involuntary muscle contractions around the mouth. 1 This task-specific dystonia is occupationally induced by extensive, repetitive, and effortful movements. 2 In most cases, this disorder is not painful, frequently includes other oral tasks, and often produces significant disability with no identifiable sensory trick. 3,4 We describe a case of embouchure dystonia of the lower lip that occurred while playing the tuba. The use of exposure to cold temperature produced transient and considerable symptom relief.

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