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Cooling improves the writing performance of patients with writer's cramp

✍ Scribed by Christoph Pohl; Jörg Happe; Thomas Klockgether

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
944 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis

Cooling of hand and forearm muscles by immersion in 15 degrees C cold water for 5 minutes improved the writing performance of patients with writer's cramp. Since abnormal processing of muscle spindle afferent discharges contributes to the pathology of writer's cramp, this effect might result from a reduction in muscle spindle activity by lowering muscle temperature. Cooling is a simple, cheap, and safe procedure, providing temporary relief for patients with writer's cramp.

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