The treatment of writer's cramp, a task-specific focal hand dystonia, needs new approaches. A deficiency of inhibition in the motor cortex might cause writer's cramp. Transcranial direct current stimulation modulates cortical excitability and may provide a therapeutic alternative. In this randomized
Retraining and transcranial direct current stimulation in Musician's Dystonia — A case report
✍ Scribed by Franziska Buttkus; Volker Baur; Hans-Christian Jabusch; Walter Paulus; Michael A. Nitsche; Eckart Altenmüller
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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