Hand orthosis as a writing aid in writer's cramp

Writer's cramp is a focal, task‐specific dystonia of the hand and wrist. It primarily affects people who do a significant amount of writing, and causes difficulties in writing. We present five cases with writer's cramp who showed improvement in their writing ability with an applied hand or...

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Published in:	Movement disorders Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 1185 - 1189
Main Authors:	Taş, Nihal, Karataş, Gülçin Kaymak, Sepici, Vesile
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-11-2001 Wiley
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Dystonic Disorders - rehabilitation Female Hand Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Nervous system as a whole Neurology Occupational Diseases - rehabilitation Orthotic Devices Writing Case study Human Writer cramp Striated muscle disease Treatment Orthopedic treatment Orthosis
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Summary:	Writer's cramp is a focal, task‐specific dystonia of the hand and wrist. It primarily affects people who do a significant amount of writing, and causes difficulties in writing. We present five cases with writer's cramp who showed improvement in their writing ability with an applied hand orthosis. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.
Bibliography:	ark:/67375/WNG-61GCG315-T istex:D1F79D3F0954A052DE373CF2A3BC11239D521689 ArticleID:MDS1223 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0885-3185 1531-8257
DOI:	10.1002/mds.1223