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Movement Disorders – Dystonia (Writer's cramp)

“abnormal postures and muscle spasms interfering in writing motor performance”

- Most freq focal, task-specific dystonia.
- Managed botox > orals (anticholinergic)

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History #dystonia

First description

Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714) discussed focal hand dystonia as a muscle strain in “Scribes and Notaries” De Morbis Artificum Diatriba.

doi.org/10.1016/s0140-…

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

doi.org/10.1002/mds.23… via: Mov Disord

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

doi.org/10.1002/mds.23… via: Mov Disord

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

doi.org/10.1002/mds.23… via: Mov Disord

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

doi.org/10.1002/mds.23… via: Mov Disord

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

doi.org/10.1007/978-1-… via: Current Clinical Neurology

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

doi.org/10.1007/978-1-… via: Current Clinical Neurology

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

via: Dr.Paresh Doshi

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

via: Dr. Joaquin Farias

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

via: Dr. Bác Sĩ Thần Kinh

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

via: Dr.Paresh Doshi

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Writer's cramp (focal hand dystonia)

via: Dr. Dr Sudhir Kumar

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